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Child care centers and preschools in Yalobusha County, MS
How Yalobusha County, MS compares with other counties and the U.S. for child care centers and preschools: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 1 chain location (25%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $1.6M
- On child care and other personal services · $316 a household
- Spending per listing
- $395K
- 61% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.0
- 38% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 12,375
- −0.5% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on child care and other personal services in Yalobusha County comes to about $1.6M a year: $316 per household, 46% below the U.S. average. That is about $395K of household spending for each center on map listings, 61% below the U.S. figure of $1M.
There are 4 child care centers and preschools on map listings in Yalobusha County as of September 2026. That is 8.0 per 10,000 households, 38% above the U.S. rate of 5.8.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for child care services in Yalobusha County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 19 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Yalobusha County declined 0.5% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 child care centers and preschools on map listings, Yalobusha County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Yalobusha County compares
The same measures for Mississippi 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 | Yalobusha County | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.0 | 6.2 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $395K | $591K | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,418 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.4% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.5% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $316 | $369 | $581 |
| Median household income | $49,151 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 12 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 19Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 41 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 2The 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 Yalobusha 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 Yalobusha County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 12,375−0.5% since 2020
- Households
- 4,996
- Median age
- 42.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 467 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 27
- Median household income
- $49,151+18.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $64,684
- Median home value
- $122,300
- Jobs located here
- 2,175
- Daytime population
- 9,571Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Mississippi
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lafayette County, MS | 82 | 7 | 3.7 | $1.3M | +6.6% | #66 of 1,611 |
| 2Hancock County, MS | 76 | 6 | 3.0 | $1.4M | +1.6% | #140 of 1,611 |
| 3DeSoto County, MS | 73 | 29 | 4.1 | $1.2M | +6.3% | #194 of 1,611 |
| 4Rankin County, MS | 61 | 23 | 3.8 | $1.2M | +3.2% | #507 of 1,611 |
| 5Madison County, MS | 60 | 26 | 5.9 | $907K | +6.5% | #549 of 1,611 |
| 6Oktibbeha County, MS | 47 | 11 | 5.0 | $733K | +0.4% | #903 of 1,611 |
| 7Jackson County, MS | 46 | 32 | 5.6 | $739K | +3.0% | #930 of 1,611 |
| 8Lamar County, MS | 44 | 19 | 7.5 | $592K | +4.7% | #990 of 1,611 |
| 9Marshall County, MS | 44 | 8 | 6.1 | $575K | +2.6% | #992 of 1,611 |
| 10Harrison County, MS | 42 | 45 | 5.4 | $690K | +4.0% | #1,043 of 1,611 |
| Yalobusha County, MS | Not scored | 4 | 8.0 | $395K | −0.5% |
Other business types in Yalobusha 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 Yalobusha County, MS?
As of September 2026, map listings count 4 child care centers and preschools in Yalobusha County. The listings count day care centers and preschools. No official count is published for child care services in Yalobusha County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 19 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Yalobusha County, MS spend on child care and other personal services?
About $1.6M a year, or $316 per household. That is 46% below the U.S. average (an index of 54, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $395K per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,996 households in Yalobusha County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Yalobusha County, MS compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
Yalobusha County has 8.0 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 38% above the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $395K, 61% below the U.S. figure of $1M. At the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Yalobusha County would have about 2, against 4 on map listings.
How fast is Yalobusha County, MS growing?
Population estimates put Yalobusha County at 12,375 people in 2025, down 0.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,996 households. Median household income in Yalobusha County is $49,151, 39% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 18.5%, 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. Yalobusha County has no market score for child care centers and preschools: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
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