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Child care centers and preschools in Muhlenberg County, KY
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for child care centers and preschools in Muhlenberg County, KY, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $4.3M
- On child care and other personal services · $352 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.4M
- 42% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.5
- 57% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 30,634
- −0.9% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on child care and other personal services in Muhlenberg County comes to about $4.3M a year: $352 per household, 39% below the U.S. average. Spread across 3 child care centers and preschools, that is $1.4M per center, 42% above the U.S. figure of $1M.
Muhlenberg County has 3 child care centers and preschools on map listings as of September 2026. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.5, 57% below the U.S. rate of 5.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in Muhlenberg County classed as child care services. That is one for every 2,425 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Official counts list 24 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Muhlenberg County declined 0.9% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 3 child care centers and preschools on map listings, Muhlenberg County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Muhlenberg County compares
The same measures for Kentucky and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all child care and other personal services by the child care centers and preschools counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Muhlenberg County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.5 | 4.8 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $1.4M | $849K | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,425 | 1,962 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.6% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.9% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $352 | $405 | $581 |
| Median household income | $51,927 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 41
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $686K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 24Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 30 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as child care services in Muhlenberg County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in Muhlenberg County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 30,634−0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 12,123
- Median age
- 43.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 467 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 65
- Median household income
- $51,927+19.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $75,120
- Median home value
- $127,400
- Jobs located here
- 7,492
- Daytime population
- 26,641Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Kentucky
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Oldham County, KY | 82 | 10 | 4.3 | $1.7M | +4.9% | #61 of 1,611 |
| 2Shelby County, KY | 78 | 8 | 4.3 | $1.1M | +6.2% | #123 of 1,611 |
| 3Scott County, KY | 74 | 9 | 4.0 | $1.3M | +8.2% | #175 of 1,611 |
| 4Bullitt County, KY | 71 | 12 | 3.8 | $1.2M | +5.0% | #233 of 1,611 |
| 5Jessamine County, KY | 62 | 8 | 4.0 | $1.1M | +7.8% | #482 of 1,611 |
| 6Warren County, KY | 62 | 27 | 4.9 | $827K | +10.6% | #493 of 1,611 |
| 7Pike County, KY | 59 | 5 | 2.1 | $1.5M | −6.4% | #562 of 1,611 |
| 8Nelson County, KY | 58 | 11 | 5.7 | $690K | +4.8% | #617 of 1,611 |
| 9Hardin County, KY | 57 | 19 | 4.3 | $972K | +2.4% | #629 of 1,611 |
| 10Kenton County, KY | 57 | 36 | 5.3 | $940K | +3.9% | #632 of 1,611 |
| Muhlenberg County, KY | Not scored | 3 | 2.5 | $1.4M | −0.9% |
Other business types in Muhlenberg County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
- Child care and preschools
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many child care centers and preschools are in Muhlenberg County, KY?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 child care centers and preschools in Muhlenberg County. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Official counts also show 24 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Muhlenberg County, KY spend on child care and other personal services?
About $4.3M a year, or $352 per household. That is 39% below the U.S. average (an index of 61, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $1.4M per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,123 households in Muhlenberg County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Muhlenberg County, KY compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
Muhlenberg County has 2.5 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 57% below the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $1.4M, 42% above the U.S. figure of $1M. At the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Muhlenberg County would have about 4, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,425 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.
How fast is Muhlenberg County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Muhlenberg County at 30,634 people in 2025, down 0.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 12,123 households. Median household income in Muhlenberg County is $51,927, 36% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.1%, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Muhlenberg County has no market score for child care centers and preschools: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
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