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Child care centers and preschools in Pasquotank County, NC

How Pasquotank County, NC compares with other counties and the U.S. for child care centers and preschools: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 35 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,222 of 1,611 scored counties
#57 of 73 scored counties in North Carolina

Listings
10
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
12
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$6M
On child care and other personal services · $379 a household
Spending per listing
$598K
40% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.3
9% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
42,201
+4.5% 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

For child care centers and preschools, Pasquotank County has a Groundwork market score of 35 (lower middle): #1,222 of 1,611 scored counties and #57 of 73 scored counties in North Carolina. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

As of September 2026, map listings count 10 child care centers and preschools in Pasquotank County. None of them are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.3, 9% above the U.S. rate of 5.8.

Household spending on child care and other personal services in Pasquotank County comes to about $6M a year: $379 per household, 35% below the U.S. average. Spread across 10 child care centers and preschools, that is $598K per center, 40% below the U.S. figure of $1M.

Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in Pasquotank County in 2023. That is one for every 1,315 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Pasquotank County grew 4.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Pasquotank County 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.

Child care and preschools in Pasquotank County, NC compared with North Carolina and the U.S.
MeasurePasquotank CountyNorth CarolinaU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.35.55.8
Spending per listing$598K$844K$1M
Households per official establishment1,3151,6391,573
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+2.5%+5.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.5%+7.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on child care and other personal services$379$463$581
Median household income$66,589$72,388$80,734
Groundwork market score3553

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
12 → 12
Employees, 2023
119
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
65Businesses 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 Pasquotank 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 Pasquotank County

Population, 2025 estimate
42,201+4.5% since 2020
Households
15,785
Median age
41.0
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
227 sq. mi.
People per square mile
180
Median household income
$66,589+31.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$85,046
Median home value
$234,600
Jobs located here
15,323
Daytime population
38,788Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Child care and preschools across North Carolina

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The highest-scoring counties in North Carolina for child care centers and preschools, numbered among those based in North Carolina, with Pasquotank County marked.

Top counties in North Carolina

Counties in North Carolina ranked for child care centers and preschools by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Brunswick County, NC89121.7$2.6M+26.5%#18 of 1,611
2Davie County, NC8163.5$1.4M+6.9%#72 of 1,611
3Macon County, NC7663.3$1.2M+5.8%#145 of 1,611
4Union County, NC76475.6$1.1M+11.7%#147 of 1,611
5Lincoln County, NC75143.8$1.3M+13.2%#156 of 1,611
6Henderson County, NC74193.7$1.1M+5.0%#180 of 1,611
7Forsyth County, NC73573.6$1.2M+5.0%#193 of 1,611
8Yadkin County, NC7153.3$1.1M+2.9%#236 of 1,611
9Iredell County, NC71435.6$895K+12.9%#247 of 1,611
10Burke County, NC6992.5$1.4M+1.6%#277 of 1,611
57Pasquotank County, NC35106.3$598K+4.5%#1,222 of 1,611

Other business types in Pasquotank 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 Pasquotank County, NC?

Pasquotank County has 10 child care centers and preschools on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Official counts also show 65 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $6M a year, or $379 per household. That is 35% below the U.S. average (an index of 65, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $598K per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,785 households in Pasquotank County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Pasquotank County has 6.3 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 9% above the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $598K, 40% below the U.S. figure of $1M. At the national ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Pasquotank County would have about 6, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,315 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.

How fast is Pasquotank County, NC growing?

Population estimates put Pasquotank County at 42,201 people in 2025, up 4.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,785 households. The median household income in Pasquotank County is $66,589 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.7% 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. Pasquotank County scores 35 for child care centers and preschools (lower middle), #1,222 of 1,611 scored counties.

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