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Child care centers and preschools in Juniata County, PA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for child care centers and preschools in Juniata County, PA, 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
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $4M
- On child care and other personal services · $442 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.3M
- 33% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.3
- 43% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 23,403
- −0.3% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 3 child care centers and preschools in Juniata County. That comes to 3.3 for every 10,000 households, 43% below the U.S. rate of 5.8.
At $442 per household (24% below the U.S. average), households in Juniata County spend about $4M a year on child care and other personal services. That is about $1.3M of household spending for each center on map listings, 33% above the U.S. figure of $1M.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as child care services in Juniata County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 15 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Juniata County declined 0.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 3 child care centers and preschools on map listings, Juniata County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Juniata 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.
| Measure | Juniata County | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.3 | 6.2 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $941K | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,380 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −0.3% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.3% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $442 | $584 | $581 |
| Median household income | $66,318 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 42 |
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
- 15Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 30 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Juniata 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 Juniata County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 23,403−0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 9,025
- Median age
- 43.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 391 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 60
- Median household income
- $66,318+23.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,850
- Median home value
- $217,000
- Jobs located here
- 6,650
- Daytime population
- 19,632Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Pennsylvania
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pike County, PA | 81 | 12 | 4.9 | $1.2M | +7.2% | #75 of 1,611 |
| 2Adams County, PA | 79 | 10 | 2.4 | $2.3M | +3.6% | #90 of 1,611 |
| 3Lancaster County, PA | 74 | 96 | 4.5 | $1.3M | +1.9% | #173 of 1,611 |
| 4Franklin County, PA | 72 | 21 | 3.3 | $1.6M | +3.0% | #209 of 1,611 |
| 5Chester County, PA | 72 | 147 | 7.2 | $1.3M | +4.2% | #211 of 1,611 |
| 6Perry County, PA | 72 | 9 | 4.9 | $1.1M | +2.1% | #221 of 1,611 |
| 7York County, PA | 71 | 91 | 5.0 | $1.1M | +3.6% | #235 of 1,611 |
| 8Butler County, PA | 70 | 42 | 5.2 | $1.2M | +3.2% | #258 of 1,611 |
| 9Cumberland County, PA | 70 | 68 | 6.4 | $963K | +6.5% | #266 of 1,611 |
| 10Lebanon County, PA | 69 | 23 | 4.1 | $1.3M | +2.2% | #279 of 1,611 |
| Juniata County, PA | Not scored | 3 | 3.3 | $1.3M | −0.3% |
Other business types in Juniata 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 Juniata County, PA?
Juniata County has 3 child care centers and preschools on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count day care centers and preschools. No official count is published for child care services in Juniata County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 15 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Juniata County, PA spend on child care and other personal services?
About $4M a year, or $442 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $1.3M per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,025 households in Juniata County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Juniata County, PA compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
Juniata County has 3.3 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 43% below the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $1.3M, 33% above the U.S. figure of $1M. At the national ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Juniata County would have about 4, against 3 on map listings.
How fast is Juniata County, PA growing?
Population estimates put Juniata County at 23,403 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 9,025 households. The median household income in Juniata County is $66,318 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.1% 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. Juniata 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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