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Child care centers and preschools in Auglaize County, OH

The child care centers and preschools in Auglaize County, OH, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 52 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #767 of 1,611 scored counties
#28 of 69 scored counties in Ohio

Listings
8
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
8
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$7.5M
On child care and other personal services · $394 a household
Spending per listing
$933K
7% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.2
28% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
45,909
−1.2% 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

Households in Auglaize County spend about $7.5M a year on child care and other personal services, or $394 per household, 32% below the U.S. average. That is about $933K of household spending for each center on map listings, 7% below the U.S. figure of $1M.

Auglaize County has 8 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 is 4.2 per 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 5.8.

In 2023, official counts showed 8 businesses with payroll in Auglaize County classed as child care services. That is one for every 2,368 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Another 57 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates put the population change in Auglaize County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Auglaize County scores 52 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for child care centers and preschools, ranking #767 of 1,611 scored counties and #28 of 69 scored counties in Ohio.

How Auglaize County compares

The same measures for Ohio 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 Auglaize County, OH compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureAuglaize CountyOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.25.55.8
Spending per listing$933K$736K$1M
Households per official establishment2,3681,7291,573
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+6.0%+5.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.2%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on child care and other personal services$394$407$581
Median household income$78,660$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market score5235

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
8 → 8
Employees, 2023
66
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
57Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
80 chain locations
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
0
Amount
$0

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

Population, 2025 estimate
45,909−1.2% since 2020
Households
18,940
Median age
41.5
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
401 sq. mi.
People per square mile
115
Median household income
$78,660+22.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$94,188
Median home value
$189,800
Jobs located here
21,728
Daytime population
44,759Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Child care and preschools across Ohio

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

Top counties in Ohio

Counties in Ohio ranked for child care centers and preschools by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Union County, OH88114.5$1.3M+16.5%#24 of 1,611
2Greene County, OH74304.4$1.1M+3.7%#181 of 1,611
3Clermont County, OH72313.6$1.3M+3.9%#213 of 1,611
4Geauga County, OH70195.3$1.1M+0.3%#259 of 1,611
5Wood County, OH69193.5$1.2M+1.5%#282 of 1,611
6Warren County, OH68616.6$923K+5.7%#323 of 1,611
7Miami County, OH66194.2$963K+3.4%#371 of 1,611
8Erie County, OH6582.5$1.5M−2.9%#383 of 1,611
9Fairfield County, OH64325.3$906K+6.5%#435 of 1,611
10Hancock County, OH63113.5$1.1M+0.1%#451 of 1,611
28Auglaize County, OH5284.2$933K−1.2%#767 of 1,611

Other business types in Auglaize 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 Auglaize County, OH?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 child care centers and preschools in Auglaize County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Official counts list 57 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $7.5M a year, or $394 per household. That is 32% below the U.S. average (an index of 68, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $933K per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 18,940 households in Auglaize County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Auglaize County has 4.2 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $933K, 7% below the U.S. figure of $1M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,368 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.

How fast is Auglaize County, OH growing?

Population estimates put Auglaize County at 45,909 people in 2025, down 1.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 18,940 households. Median household income in Auglaize County is $78,660, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.8%, 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. 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. Auglaize County scores 52 for child care centers and preschools (upper middle), #767 of 1,611 scored counties.

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