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Child care centers and preschools in Fulton County, PA

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

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$2.8M
On child care and other personal services · $444 a household
Spending per listing
$2.8M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
1.6
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
14,483
−0.6% 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

Household spending on child care and other personal services in Fulton County comes to about $2.8M a year: $444 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.8M of household spending for each center on map listings.

Fulton County has 1 child care center or preschool on map listings as of September 2026. That is 1.6 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for child care services in Fulton County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 18 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates show Fulton County declined 0.6% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 child care center or preschool on map listings, Fulton County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Fulton County compares

The same measures for Pennsylvania 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 Fulton County, PA compared with Pennsylvania and the U.S.
MeasureFulton CountyPennsylvaniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.66.25.8
Spending per listing$2.8M$941K$1M
Households per official establishmentn/a1,3801,573
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−0.3%+5.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.6%+0.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on child care and other personal services$444$584$581
Median household income$65,836$77,971$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored42

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
18Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
10 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The 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 Fulton 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 Fulton County

Population, 2025 estimate
14,483−0.6% since 2020
Households
6,339
Median age
46.8
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
438 sq. mi.
People per square mile
33
Median household income
$65,836+23.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$85,807
Median home value
$208,500
Jobs located here
5,230
Daytime population
13,320Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Child care and preschools across Pennsylvania

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

Top counties in Pennsylvania

Counties in Pennsylvania ranked for child care centers and preschools by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Pike County, PA81124.9$1.2M+7.2%#75 of 1,611
2Adams County, PA79102.4$2.3M+3.6%#90 of 1,611
3Lancaster County, PA74964.5$1.3M+1.9%#173 of 1,611
4Franklin County, PA72213.3$1.6M+3.0%#209 of 1,611
5Chester County, PA721477.2$1.3M+4.2%#211 of 1,611
6Perry County, PA7294.9$1.1M+2.1%#221 of 1,611
7York County, PA71915.0$1.1M+3.6%#235 of 1,611
8Butler County, PA70425.2$1.2M+3.2%#258 of 1,611
9Cumberland County, PA70686.4$963K+6.5%#266 of 1,611
10Lebanon County, PA69234.1$1.3M+2.2%#279 of 1,611
Fulton County, PANot scored11.6$2.8M−0.6%

Other business types in Fulton 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 Fulton County, PA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 child care center or preschool in Fulton County. The listings count day care centers and preschools. No official count is published for child care services in Fulton County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 18 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $2.8M a year, or $444 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 child care center or preschool on map listings, it comes to $2.8M per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,339 households in Fulton County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Fulton County has 1 child care center or preschool on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Fulton County would have about 3, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is Fulton County, PA growing?

Population estimates put Fulton County at 14,483 people in 2025, down 0.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,339 households. Median household income in Fulton County is $65,836, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.1%, 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. Fulton County has no market score for child care centers and preschools: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

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