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Child care centers and preschools in Schoharie County, NY
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for child care centers and preschools in Schoharie County, NY, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $6.4M
- On child care and other personal services · $496 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.6M
- 59% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.1
- 47% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 30,176
- +1.4% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 4 child care centers and preschools in Schoharie County. That comes to 3.1 for every 10,000 households, 47% below the U.S. rate of 5.8.
Household spending on child care and other personal services in Schoharie County comes to about $6.4M a year: $496 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.6M per center, 59% above the U.S. figure of $1M.
In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in Schoharie County classed as child care services. That is one for every 2,572 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Official counts also show 25 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Schoharie County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 child care centers and preschools on map listings, Schoharie County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Schoharie 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 | Schoharie County | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.1 | 5.7 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $1.6M | $1.2M | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,572 | 1,150 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.0% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.4% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $496 | $684 | $581 |
| Median household income | $70,133 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 41
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 25Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 40 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Schoharie 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 Schoharie County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 30,176+1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 12,861
- Median age
- 46.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 622 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 48
- Median household income
- $70,133+21.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $90,591
- Median home value
- $192,500
- Jobs located here
- 7,692
- Daytime population
- 26,987Residents 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 |
| Schoharie County, NY | Not scored | 4 | 3.1 | $1.6M | +1.4% |
Other business types in Schoharie 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 Schoharie County, NY?
Schoharie County has 4 child care centers and preschools on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Another 25 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Schoharie County, NY spend on child care and other personal services?
About $6.4M a year, or $496 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $1.6M per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,861 households in Schoharie County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Schoharie County, NY compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
Schoharie County has 3.1 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 47% below the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $1.6M, 59% above the U.S. figure of $1M. At the national ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Schoharie County would have about 6, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,572 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.
How fast is Schoharie County, NY growing?
Population estimates put Schoharie County at 30,176 people in 2025, up 1.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,861 households. The median household income in Schoharie County is $70,133 a year, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.5% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Schoharie 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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