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Child care centers and preschools in Warren County, PA
How Warren 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 · out of 100
Score 58 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #601 of 1,611 scored counties
#20 of 59 scored counties in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 6
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $6.4M
- On child care and other personal services · $400 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.1M
- 7% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.7
- 36% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 37,038
- −3.8% since 2020
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What this means
At $400 per household (31% below the U.S. average), households in Warren County spend about $6.4M a year on child care and other personal services. Spread across 6 child care centers and preschools, that is $1.1M per center, 7% above the U.S. figure of $1M.
Warren County has 6 child care centers and preschools on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.7, 36% below the U.S. rate of 5.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as child care services in Warren County was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 3,225 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Official counts list 24 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Warren County declined 3.8% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For child care centers and preschools, Warren County has a Groundwork market score of 58 (upper middle): #601 of 1,611 scored counties and #20 of 59 scored counties in Pennsylvania.
How Warren 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 | Warren County | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.7 | 6.2 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $1.1M | $941K | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,225 | 1,380 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −0.3% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.8% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $400 | $584 | $581 |
| Median household income | $60,480 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 58 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 52
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 24Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 60 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Warren 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 Warren County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 37,038−3.8% since 2020
- Households
- 16,123
- Median age
- 46.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 884 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 43
- Median household income
- $60,480+20.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $76,293
- Median home value
- $127,500
- Jobs located here
- 13,375
- Daytime population
- 34,723Residents 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 |
| 20Warren County, PA | 58 | 6 | 3.7 | $1.1M | −3.8% | #601 of 1,611 |
Other business types in Warren 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 preschools58
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many child care centers and preschools are in Warren County, PA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 child care centers and preschools in Warren County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Official counts also show 24 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Warren County, PA spend on child care and other personal services?
About $6.4M a year, or $400 per household. That is 31% below the U.S. average (an index of 69, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $1.1M per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,123 households in Warren County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Warren County, PA compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
Warren County has 3.7 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 36% below the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $1.1M, 7% above the U.S. figure of $1M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,225 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.
How fast is Warren County, PA growing?
Population estimates put Warren County at 37,038 people in 2025, down 3.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 16,123 households. Median household income in Warren County is $60,480, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.4%, 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. Warren County scores 58 for child care centers and preschools (upper middle), #601 of 1,611 scored counties.
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