Child care · Small-town market · North Carolina
Child care centers and preschools in the Brevard, NC area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for child care centers and preschools in the Brevard, NC area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #206 of 454 scored small-town markets
#8 of 23 scored small-town markets based in North Carolina
- Listings
- 10
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $5.9M
- On child care and other personal services · $407 a household
- Spending per listing
- $593K
- 41% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.9
- 19% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 34,211
- +2.9% since 2020
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What this means
At $407 per household (30% below the U.S. average), households in the Brevard area spend about $5.9M a year on child care and other personal services. That is about $593K of household spending for each center on map listings, 41% below the U.S. figure of $1M.
The Brevard area has 10 child care centers and preschools on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. That comes to 6.9 for every 10,000 households, 19% above the U.S. rate of 5.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 7 businesses with payroll in the Brevard area classed as child care services. That is one for every 2,083 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Official counts list 26 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show the Brevard area grew 2.9% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for child care centers and preschools in the Brevard area is 53 (upper middle), #206 of 454 scored small-town markets and #8 of 23 scored small-town markets based in North Carolina.
How the Brevard area compares
The same measures for North Carolina 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 | Brevard area | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.9 | 5.5 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $593K | $844K | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,083 | 1,639 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.5% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.9% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $407 | $463 | $581 |
| Median household income | $66,184 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7
- Employees, 2023
- 53
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 26Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 100 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 the Brevard area, 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 the Brevard area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 34,211+2.9% since 2020
- Households
- 14,584
- Median age
- 50.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 378 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 89
- Median household income
- $66,184+31.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $88,954
- Median home value
- $373,600
- Jobs located here
- 9,403
- Daytime population
- 30,592Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kill Devil Hills, NC | 75 | 11 | 6.5 | $832K | +3.3% | #47 of 454 |
| 2Boone, NC | 73 | 8 | 3.8 | $1M | +0.6% | #54 of 454 |
| 3Waynesville, NC | 71 | 6 | 2.2 | $1.7M | +1.9% | #64 of 454 |
| 4Marion, NC | 68 | 6 | 3.2 | $1M | +1.5% | #87 of 454 |
| 5Morehead City, NC | 68 | 17 | 5.3 | $854K | +4.1% | #92 of 454 |
| 6New Bern, NC | 61 | 23 | 4.4 | $855K | +3.6% | #138 of 454 |
| 7Anderson Creek, NC | 60 | 24 | 4.8 | $853K | +12.3% | #150 of 454 |
| 8Brevard, NC | 53 | 10 | 6.9 | $593K | +2.9% | #206 of 454 |
| 9North Wilkesboro, NC | 52 | 8 | 3.0 | $976K | +0.6% | #209 of 454 |
| 10Albemarle, NC | 52 | 12 | 4.8 | $779K | +9.8% | #214 of 454 |
Other business types in the Brevard area
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 preschools53
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many child care centers and preschools are in the Brevard, NC area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 child care centers and preschools in the Brevard area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Official counts also show 26 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Brevard, NC area spend on child care and other personal services?
About $5.9M a year, or $407 per household. That is 30% below the U.S. average (an index of 70, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $593K per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 14,584 households in the Brevard area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Brevard, NC area compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
The Brevard area has 6.9 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 19% above the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $593K, 41% below the U.S. figure of $1M. At the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, the Brevard area would have about 6, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,083 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.
How fast is the Brevard, NC area growing?
Population estimates put the Brevard area at 34,211 people in 2025, up 2.9% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 14,584 households. Median household income in the Brevard area is $66,184, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.8%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Brevard area scores 53 for child care centers and preschools (upper middle), #206 of 454 scored small-town markets.
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