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Child care centers and preschools in Franklin County, NE
How Franklin County, NE 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
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 0
- None on the map
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $447K
- On child care and other personal services · $346 a household
- Spending per listing
- n/a
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.0
- Population, 2025
- 2,795
- −3.1% since 2020
See the child care centers and preschools around any address in Franklin County
The site report maps the child care centers and preschools on map listings near the address, by name and distance, and sizes the households and spending around it. Or open the report at the center of Franklin County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
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What this means
There are no child care centers and preschools on map listings in Franklin County as of September 2026.
Household spending on child care and other personal services in Franklin County comes to about $447K a year: $346 per household, 40% below the U.S. average.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as child care services in Franklin County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 7 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Franklin County from 2020 to 2025 at −3.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Franklin County compares
The same measures for Nebraska 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 | Franklin County | Nebraska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.0 | 7.4 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | n/a | $566K | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,080 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.1% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.1% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $346 | $421 | $581 |
| Median household income | $60,195 | $76,475 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 20 |
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
- 7Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 0
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 0The 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 Franklin 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 Franklin County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 2,795−3.1% since 2020
- Households
- 1,293
- Median age
- 47.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 83%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.4
- Land area
- 576 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 5
- Median household income
- $60,195
- Average household income
- $91,009
- Median home value
- $95,600
- Jobs located here
- 806
- Daytime population
- 2,313Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Franklin County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the child care centers and preschools on map listings by name and distance.
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Every Nebraska market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Nebraska for child care centers and preschools, numbered among those based in Nebraska, with Franklin County marked.
Top counties in Nebraska
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Cass County, NE | 51 | 7 | 6.5 | $755K | +3.9% | #803 of 1,611 |
| 2Hall County, NE | 46 | 14 | 5.7 | $644K | +1.4% | #942 of 1,611 |
| 3Lancaster County, NE | 41 | 74 | 5.5 | $737K | +3.4% | #1,066 of 1,611 |
| 4Gage County, NE | 41 | 5 | 5.4 | $654K | +0.2% | #1,073 of 1,611 |
| 5Sarpy County, NE | 41 | 69 | 9.3 | $583K | +9.0% | #1,083 of 1,611 |
| 6Saunders County, NE | 40 | 7 | 7.9 | $599K | +6.0% | #1,116 of 1,611 |
| 7Washington County, NE | 37 | 10 | 11.9 | $425K | +1.8% | #1,174 of 1,611 |
| 8Platte County, NE | 36 | 10 | 7.3 | $495K | +3.9% | #1,199 of 1,611 |
| 9Buffalo County, NE | 35 | 10 | 5.0 | $788K | +1.9% | #1,207 of 1,611 |
| 10Douglas County, NE | 35 | 195 | 8.2 | $573K | +3.6% | #1,224 of 1,611 |
| Franklin County, NE | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | −3.1% |
Other business types in Franklin County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
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 Franklin County, NE?
Map listings as of September 2026 show no child care centers and preschools in Franklin County. The listings count day care centers and preschools. No official count is published for child care services in Franklin County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 7 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Franklin County, NE spend on child care and other personal services?
About $447K a year, or $346 per household. That is 40% below the U.S. average (an index of 60, where 100 is the U.S. average). It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,293 households in Franklin County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Franklin County, NE compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
Franklin County has no child care centers and preschools on map listings.
How fast is Franklin County, NE growing?
Population estimates put Franklin County at 2,795 people in 2025, down 3.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 1,293 households. The median household income in Franklin County is $60,195 a year, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Franklin County. It maps the child care centers and preschools on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
How the score works · Top markets for child care centers and preschools · All 56 business types in Franklin County
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