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Child care centers and preschools in Wyoming County, NY

The child care centers and preschools in Wyoming 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
1 chain location (33%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$7.5M
On child care and other personal services · $456 a household
Spending per listing
$2.5M
2.5 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.8
69% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
39,741
−1.3% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

As of September 2026, map listings count 3 child care centers and preschools in Wyoming County. That comes to 1.8 for every 10,000 households, 69% below the U.S. rate of 5.8.

At $456 per household (22% below the U.S. average), households in Wyoming County spend about $7.5M a year on child care and other personal services. That works out to $2.5M per center, 2.5 times the U.S. figure of $1M.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as child care services in Wyoming County was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 2,742 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Another 31 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $50K has gone to businesses classed as child care services in Wyoming County.

Population estimates show Wyoming County declined 1.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 3 child care centers and preschools on map listings, Wyoming County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Wyoming 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.

Child care and preschools in Wyoming County, NY compared with New York and the U.S.
MeasureWyoming CountyNew YorkU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.85.75.8
Spending per listing$2.5M$1.2M$1M
Households per official establishment2,7421,1501,573
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+6.0%+5.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.3%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on child care and other personal services$456$684$581
Median household income$69,110$85,974$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored50

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
8 → 6
Employees, 2023
77
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
31Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
31 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
8The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$50K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as child care services in Wyoming 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 Wyoming County

Population, 2025 estimate
39,741−1.3% since 2020
Households
16,453
Median age
44.6
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
593 sq. mi.
People per square mile
67
Median household income
$69,110+19.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$85,443
Median home value
$162,300
Jobs located here
12,713
Daytime population
35,020Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Child care and preschools across New York

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The highest-scoring counties in New York for child care centers and preschools, numbered among those based in New York, with Wyoming County marked.

Top counties in New York

Counties in New York ranked for child care centers and preschools by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Sullivan County, NY84113.5$1.6M+2.7%#46 of 1,611
2Ontario County, NY77214.3$1.3M+0.6%#129 of 1,611
3Cayuga County, NY7261.9$2.5M−2.3%#206 of 1,611
4Cortland County, NY7163.2$1.5M−1.9%#229 of 1,611
5Oswego County, NY70163.4$1.4M+1.0%#252 of 1,611
6Niagara County, NY69343.7$1.3M−1.5%#278 of 1,611
7Otsego County, NY67146.0$789K+3.8%#349 of 1,611
8Herkimer County, NY6672.7$1.7M−1.4%#352 of 1,611
9Columbia County, NY65114.1$1.6M−2.1%#381 of 1,611
10Suffolk County, NY653216.5$1.4M+1.6%#385 of 1,611
Wyoming County, NYNot scored31.8$2.5M−1.3%

Other business types in Wyoming County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many child care centers and preschools are in Wyoming County, NY?

Wyoming County has 3 child care centers and preschools on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Official counts list 31 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Wyoming County, NY spend on child care and other personal services?

About $7.5M a year, or $456 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, 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 16,453 households in Wyoming County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Wyoming County, NY compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?

Wyoming County has 1.8 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 69% 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 national ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Wyoming County would have about 8, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,742 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.

How fast is Wyoming County, NY growing?

Population estimates put Wyoming County at 39,741 people in 2025, down 1.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 16,453 households. The median household income in Wyoming County is $69,110 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 19.1% 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. Wyoming County has no market score for child care centers and preschools: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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