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Child care centers and preschools in Pickaway County, OH
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for child care centers and preschools in Pickaway 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 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 1 chain location (25%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $8.7M
- On child care and other personal services · $399 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.2M
- 2.2 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.8
- 69% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 62,978
- +7.4% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on child care and other personal services in Pickaway County comes to about $8.7M a year: $399 per household, 31% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.2M per center, 2.2 times the U.S. figure of $1M.
Pickaway County has 4 child care centers and preschools on map listings as of September 2026. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.8, 69% below the U.S. rate of 5.8.
Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in Pickaway County in 2023. That is one for every 3,650 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Another 71 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates put the population change in Pickaway County from 2020 to 2025 at +7.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 child care centers and preschools on map listings, Pickaway County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Pickaway 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 | Pickaway County | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.8 | 5.5 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.2M | $736K | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,650 | 1,729 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.0% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.4% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $399 | $407 | $581 |
| Median household income | $74,040 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 35 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 62
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 71Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 41 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The 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 Pickaway 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 Pickaway County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 62,978+7.4% since 2020
- Households
- 21,899
- Median age
- 40.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 501 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 120
- Median household income
- $74,040+16.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,673
- Median home value
- $256,800
- Jobs located here
- 14,709
- Daytime population
- 45,284Residents 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 |
| Pickaway County, OH | Not scored | 4 | 1.8 | $2.2M | +7.4% |
Other business types in Pickaway 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 Pickaway County, OH?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 child care centers and preschools in Pickaway County. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Official counts list 71 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Pickaway County, OH spend on child care and other personal services?
About $8.7M a year, or $399 per household. That is 31% below the U.S. average (an index of 69, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $2.2M per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 21,899 households in Pickaway County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Pickaway County, OH compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
Pickaway County has 1.8 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 69% below the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $2.2M, 2.2 times the U.S. figure of $1M. At the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Pickaway County would have about 9, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,650 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.
How fast is Pickaway County, OH growing?
Population estimates put Pickaway County at 62,978 people in 2025, up 7.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 21,899 households. Median household income in Pickaway County is $74,040, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.4%, 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. Pickaway County has no market score for child care centers and preschools: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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