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Child care centers and preschools in Delaware County, NY
The child care centers and preschools in Delaware County, NY, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 35 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,213 of 1,611 scored counties
#51 of 53 scored counties in New York
- Listings
- 13
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 16
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $9M
- On child care and other personal services · $468 a household
- Spending per listing
- $691K
- 31% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.8
- 17% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 44,305
- +0.2% since 2020
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What this means
Delaware County scores 35 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for child care centers and preschools, ranking #1,213 of 1,611 scored counties and #51 of 53 scored counties in New York. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Delaware County spend about $9M a year on child care and other personal services, or $468 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. Spread across 13 child care centers and preschools, that is $691K per center, 31% below the U.S. figure of $1M.
Delaware County has 13 child care centers and preschools on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.8, 17% above the U.S. rate of 5.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 16 businesses with payroll in Delaware County classed as child care services. That is one for every 1,200 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Delaware County grew 0.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Delaware 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 | Delaware County | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.8 | 5.7 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $691K | $1.2M | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,200 | 1,150 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.0% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.2% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $468 | $684 | $581 |
| Median household income | $63,337 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 35 | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 16 → 16
- Employees, 2023
- 119
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 74Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 130 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The 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 Delaware 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 Delaware County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 44,305+0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 19,203
- Median age
- 48.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,443 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 31
- Median household income
- $63,337+27.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,568
- Median home value
- $183,100
- Jobs located here
- 14,965
- Daytime population
- 42,128Residents 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 |
| 51Delaware County, NY | 35 | 13 | 6.8 | $691K | +0.2% | #1,213 of 1,611 |
Other business types in Delaware 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 preschools35
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many child care centers and preschools are in Delaware County, NY?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 child care centers and preschools in Delaware County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Official counts also show 74 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Delaware County, NY spend on child care and other personal services?
About $9M a year, or $468 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $691K per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 19,203 households in Delaware County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Delaware County, NY compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
Delaware County has 6.8 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $691K, 31% below the U.S. figure of $1M. At the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Delaware County would have about 9, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,200 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.
How fast is Delaware County, NY growing?
Population estimates put Delaware County at 44,305 people in 2025, up 0.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,203 households. Median household income in Delaware County is $63,337, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.8%, 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. Delaware County scores 35 for child care centers and preschools (lower middle), #1,213 of 1,611 scored counties.
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