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Child care centers and preschools in Champaign County, OH
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for child care centers and preschools in Champaign County, OH, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $5.6M
- On child care and other personal services · $361 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.9M
- 88% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.9
- 67% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 38,820
- +0.2% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 3 child care centers and preschools in Champaign County. That is 1.9 per 10,000 households, 67% below the U.S. rate of 5.8.
Household spending on child care and other personal services in Champaign County comes to about $5.6M a year: $361 per household, 38% below the U.S. average. Spread across 3 child care centers and preschools, that is $1.9M per center, 88% above the U.S. figure of $1M.
In 2023, official counts showed 6 businesses with payroll in Champaign County classed as child care services. That is one for every 2,608 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Official counts list 54 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $78K has gone to businesses classed as child care services in Champaign County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Champaign County grew 0.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 child care centers and preschools on map listings, Champaign County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Champaign 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.
| Measure | Champaign County | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.9 | 5.5 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $1.9M | $736K | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,608 | 1,729 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.0% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.2% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $361 | $407 | $581 |
| Median household income | $75,556 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 35 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 63
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 54Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 30 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
- 1
- Amount
- $78K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as child care services in Champaign 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 Champaign County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 38,820+0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 15,646
- Median age
- 42.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 429 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 90
- Median household income
- $75,556+25.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,744
- Median home value
- $204,000
- Jobs located here
- 10,575
- Daytime population
- 32,816Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Ohio
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Union County, OH | 88 | 11 | 4.5 | $1.3M | +16.5% | #24 of 1,611 |
| 2Greene County, OH | 74 | 30 | 4.4 | $1.1M | +3.7% | #181 of 1,611 |
| 3Clermont County, OH | 72 | 31 | 3.6 | $1.3M | +3.9% | #213 of 1,611 |
| 4Geauga County, OH | 70 | 19 | 5.3 | $1.1M | +0.3% | #259 of 1,611 |
| 5Wood County, OH | 69 | 19 | 3.5 | $1.2M | +1.5% | #282 of 1,611 |
| 6Warren County, OH | 68 | 61 | 6.6 | $923K | +5.7% | #323 of 1,611 |
| 7Miami County, OH | 66 | 19 | 4.2 | $963K | +3.4% | #371 of 1,611 |
| 8Erie County, OH | 65 | 8 | 2.5 | $1.5M | −2.9% | #383 of 1,611 |
| 9Fairfield County, OH | 64 | 32 | 5.3 | $906K | +6.5% | #435 of 1,611 |
| 10Hancock County, OH | 63 | 11 | 3.5 | $1.1M | +0.1% | #451 of 1,611 |
| Champaign County, OH | Not scored | 3 | 1.9 | $1.9M | +0.2% |
Other business types in Champaign County
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 preschools
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many child care centers and preschools are in Champaign County, OH?
Champaign 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 also show 54 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Champaign County, OH spend on child care and other personal services?
About $5.6M a year, or $361 per household. That is 38% below the U.S. average (an index of 62, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $1.9M per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,646 households in Champaign County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Champaign County, OH compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
Champaign County has 1.9 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 67% below the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $1.9M, 88% above the U.S. figure of $1M. At the national ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Champaign County would have about 6, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,608 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.
How fast is Champaign County, OH growing?
Population estimates put Champaign County at 38,820 people in 2025, up 0.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,646 households. The median household income in Champaign County is $75,556 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.7% 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. Champaign County has no market score for child care centers and preschools: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
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