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Child care centers and preschools in Allegany County, NY
The child care centers and preschools in Allegany County, NY, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 15
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $7.4M
- On child care and other personal services · $419 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.5M
- 2.5 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.7
- 71% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 46,800
- +0.9% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on child care and other personal services in Allegany County comes to about $7.4M a year: $419 per household, 28% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.5M per center, 2.5 times the U.S. figure of $1M.
Allegany County has 3 child care centers and preschools on map listings as of September 2026. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.7, 71% below the U.S. rate of 5.8.
Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in Allegany County in 2023. That is one for every 1,181 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Official counts list 35 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Allegany County grew 0.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 child care centers and preschools on map listings, Allegany County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Allegany County compares
The same measures for New York 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 | Allegany County | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.7 | 5.7 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.5M | $1.2M | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,181 | 1,150 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.0% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.9% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $419 | $684 | $581 |
| Median household income | $62,869 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14 → 15
- Employees, 2023
- 139
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 35Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 30 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The 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 Allegany 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 Allegany County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 46,800+0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 17,710
- Median age
- 40.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,030 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 46
- Median household income
- $62,869+29.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $76,480
- Median home value
- $101,700
- Jobs located here
- 14,041
- Daytime population
- 43,721Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in New York
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sullivan County, NY | 84 | 11 | 3.5 | $1.6M | +2.7% | #46 of 1,611 |
| 2Ontario County, NY | 77 | 21 | 4.3 | $1.3M | +0.6% | #129 of 1,611 |
| 3Cayuga County, NY | 72 | 6 | 1.9 | $2.5M | −2.3% | #206 of 1,611 |
| 4Cortland County, NY | 71 | 6 | 3.2 | $1.5M | −1.9% | #229 of 1,611 |
| 5Oswego County, NY | 70 | 16 | 3.4 | $1.4M | +1.0% | #252 of 1,611 |
| 6Niagara County, NY | 69 | 34 | 3.7 | $1.3M | −1.5% | #278 of 1,611 |
| 7Otsego County, NY | 67 | 14 | 6.0 | $789K | +3.8% | #349 of 1,611 |
| 8Herkimer County, NY | 66 | 7 | 2.7 | $1.7M | −1.4% | #352 of 1,611 |
| 9Columbia County, NY | 65 | 11 | 4.1 | $1.6M | −2.1% | #381 of 1,611 |
| 10Suffolk County, NY | 65 | 321 | 6.5 | $1.4M | +1.6% | #385 of 1,611 |
| Allegany County, NY | Not scored | 3 | 1.7 | $2.5M | +0.9% |
Other business types in Allegany 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 Allegany County, NY?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 child care centers and preschools in Allegany County. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Official counts also show 35 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Allegany County, NY spend on child care and other personal services?
About $7.4M a year, or $419 per household. That is 28% below the U.S. average (an index of 72, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $2.5M per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 17,710 households in Allegany County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Allegany County, NY compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
Allegany County has 1.7 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 71% below the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $2.5M, 2.5 times the U.S. figure of $1M. At the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Allegany County would have about 7, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,181 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.
How fast is Allegany County, NY growing?
Population estimates put Allegany County at 46,800 people in 2025, up 0.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,710 households. Median household income in Allegany County is $62,869, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.9%, 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. Allegany 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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