Child care · Small-town market · Ohio
Child care centers and preschools in the Defiance, OH area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for child care centers and preschools in the Defiance, OH area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 42 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #304 of 454 scored small-town markets
#20 of 25 scored small-town markets based in Ohio
- Listings
- 8
- 1 chain location (13%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $5.3M
- On child care and other personal services · $344 a household
- Spending per listing
- $660K
- 34% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.2
- 10% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 38,292
- +0.1% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on child care and other personal services in the Defiance area comes to about $5.3M a year: $344 per household, 41% below the U.S. average. That is about $660K of household spending for each center on map listings, 34% below the U.S. figure of $1M.
The Defiance area has 8 child care centers and preschools on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (13%) is a chain location, against 12% across the U.S. That is 5.2 per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 5.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as child care services in the Defiance area was 8 in 2023. That is one for every 1,916 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Official counts also show 59 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1.7M have gone to businesses classed as child care services in the Defiance area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Defiance area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For child care centers and preschools, the Defiance area has a Groundwork market score of 42 (lower middle): #304 of 454 scored small-town markets and #20 of 25 scored small-town markets based in Ohio.
How the Defiance area 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 | Defiance area | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.2 | 5.5 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $660K | $736K | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,916 | 1,729 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.0% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.1% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $344 | $407 | $581 |
| Median household income | $73,064 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 42 | 35 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8
- Employees, 2023
- 104
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 59Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 81 chain location
- 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
- 2
- Amount
- $1.7M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as child care services in the Defiance 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 Defiance area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 38,292+0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 15,327
- Median age
- 40.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 411 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 93
- Median household income
- $73,064+21.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $88,073
- Median home value
- $163,200
- Jobs located here
- 14,922
- Daytime population
- 36,059Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Ohio market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Ohio for child care centers and preschools, numbered among those based in Ohio, with the Defiance area marked.
Top small-town markets in Ohio
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Findlay, OH | 70 | 11 | 3.5 | $1.1M | +0.1% | #75 of 454 |
| 2Wooster, OH | 68 | 14 | 3.2 | $1.2M | −0.1% | #85 of 454 |
| 3Celina, OH | 67 | 5 | 3.0 | $1.2M | +0.5% | #96 of 454 |
| 4Sidney, OH | 67 | 7 | 3.7 | $1M | −0.2% | #97 of 454 |
| 5Chillicothe, OH | 66 | 7 | 2.3 | $1.4M | −0.8% | #104 of 454 |
| 6Mount Vernon, OH | 66 | 9 | 3.8 | $1M | +1.9% | #108 of 454 |
| 7Marietta, OH | 65 | 6 | 2.4 | $1.4M | −2.1% | #112 of 454 |
| 8Norwalk, OH | 64 | 5 | 2.1 | $1.6M | −0.4% | #115 of 454 |
| 9Ashland, OH | 62 | 5 | 2.4 | $1.3M | +0.1% | #126 of 454 |
| 10Marion, OH | 61 | 7 | 2.8 | $1.1M | −0.4% | #136 of 454 |
| 20Defiance, OH | 42 | 8 | 5.2 | $660K | +0.1% | #304 of 454 |
Other business types in the Defiance 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 preschools42
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many child care centers and preschools are in the Defiance, OH area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 child care centers and preschools in the Defiance area. One of them (13%) is a chain location. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Another 59 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Defiance, OH area spend on child care and other personal services?
About $5.3M a year, or $344 per household. That is 41% below the U.S. average (an index of 59, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $660K per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,327 households in the Defiance area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Defiance, OH area compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
The Defiance area has 5.2 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $660K, 34% below the U.S. figure of $1M. At the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, the Defiance area would have about 5, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,916 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.
How fast is the Defiance, OH area growing?
Population estimates put the Defiance area at 38,292 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,327 households. Median household income in the Defiance area is $73,064, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.9%, 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 Defiance area scores 42 for child care centers and preschools (lower middle), #304 of 454 scored small-town markets.
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