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Child care centers and preschools in Potter County, PA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for child care centers and preschools in Potter 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 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $2.7M
- On child care and other personal services · $387 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.4M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.9
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 15,897
- −3.0% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on child care and other personal services in Potter County comes to about $2.7M a year: $387 per household, 33% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.4M of household spending for each center on map listings.
Potter County has 2 child care centers and preschools on map listings as of September 2026. That is 2.9 per 10,000 households.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as child care services in Potter County was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 1,748 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Official counts also show 17 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Potter County declined 3.0% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 child care centers and preschools on map listings, Potter County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Potter 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 | Potter County | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.9 | 6.2 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $1.4M | $941K | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,748 | 1,380 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −0.3% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.0% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $387 | $584 | $581 |
| Median household income | $59,020 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4
- Employees, 2023
- 18
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $334K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 17Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 20 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 Potter 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 Potter County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 15,897−3.0% since 2020
- Households
- 6,992
- Median age
- 47.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,081 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 15
- Median household income
- $59,020+30.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $75,370
- Median home value
- $153,100
- Jobs located here
- 4,811
- Daytime population
- 15,326Residents 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 |
| Potter County, PA | Not scored | 2 | 2.9 | $1.4M | −3.0% |
Other business types in Potter 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 Potter County, PA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 child care centers and preschools in Potter County. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Another 17 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Potter County, PA spend on child care and other personal services?
About $2.7M a year, or $387 per household. That is 33% below the U.S. average (an index of 67, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $1.4M per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,992 households in Potter County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Potter County, PA compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
Potter County has 2 child care centers and preschools 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, Potter County would have about 3, against 2 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,748 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.
How fast is Potter County, PA growing?
Population estimates put Potter County at 15,897 people in 2025, down 3.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,992 households. Median household income in Potter County is $59,020, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.0%, 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. Potter County has no market score for child care centers and preschools: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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