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Child care centers and preschools in Yates County, NY

How Yates County, NY 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

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.

Listings
2
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$4.9M
On child care and other personal services · $517 a household
Spending per listing
$2.5M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
2.1
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
24,547
−0.8% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 child care centers and preschools in Yates County. That is 2.1 per 10,000 households.

Household spending on child care and other personal services in Yates County comes to about $4.9M a year: $517 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.5M of household spending for each center on map listings.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as child care services in Yates County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 34 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in Yates County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 child care centers and preschools on map listings, Yates County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Yates 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 Yates County, NY compared with New York and the U.S.
MeasureYates CountyNew YorkU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.15.75.8
Spending per listing$2.5M$1.2M$1M
Households per official establishmentn/a1,1501,573
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+6.0%+5.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.8%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on child care and other personal services$517$684$581
Median household income$69,701$85,974$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored50

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
34Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
20 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
5The 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 Yates 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 Yates County

Population, 2025 estimate
24,547−0.8% since 2020
Households
9,490
Median age
42.6
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
338 sq. mi.
People per square mile
73
Median household income
$69,701+23.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$96,191
Median home value
$184,700
Jobs located here
6,810
Daytime population
22,769Residents 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 Yates 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
Yates County, NYNot scored22.1$2.5M−0.8%

Other business types in Yates 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 Yates County, NY?

There are 2 child care centers and preschools on map listings in Yates County as of September 2026. The listings count day care centers and preschools. No official count is published for child care services in Yates County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 34 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $4.9M a year, or $517 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $2.5M per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,490 households in Yates County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Yates County has 2 child care centers and preschools on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Yates County would have about 5, against 2 on map listings.

How fast is Yates County, NY growing?

Population estimates put Yates County at 24,547 people in 2025, down 0.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 9,490 households. The median household income in Yates County is $69,701 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.2% 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. Yates County has no market score for child care centers and preschools: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for child care centers and preschools · All 56 business types in Yates County

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