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Child care centers and preschools in Newberry County, SC

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for child care centers and preschools in Newberry County, SC, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #650 of 1,611 scored counties
#20 of 33 scored counties in South Carolina

Listings
5
1 chain location (20%)
Official establishments
9
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$5.3M
On child care and other personal services · $346 a household
Spending per listing
$1.1M
6% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.3
43% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
39,561
+4.8% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 5 child care centers and preschools in Newberry County. One of them (20%) is a chain location, against 12% across the U.S. That comes to 3.3 for every 10,000 households, 43% below the U.S. rate of 5.8.

Household spending on child care and other personal services in Newberry County comes to about $5.3M a year: $346 per household, 40% below the U.S. average. Spread across 5 child care centers and preschools, that is $1.1M per center, 6% above the U.S. figure of $1M.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as child care services in Newberry County was 9 in 2023. That is one for every 1,703 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Another 32 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Newberry County grew 4.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for child care centers and preschools in Newberry County is 56 (upper middle), #650 of 1,611 scored counties and #20 of 33 scored counties in South Carolina.

How Newberry County compares

The same measures for South Carolina 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 Newberry County, SC compared with South Carolina and the U.S.
MeasureNewberry CountySouth CarolinaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.34.35.8
Spending per listing$1.1M$1M$1M
Households per official establishment1,7032,0331,573
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+13.6%+5.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.8%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on child care and other personal services$346$438$581
Median household income$61,780$69,324$80,734
Groundwork market score5672

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
9 → 9
Employees, 2023
101
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
32Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
51 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
5The 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 Newberry 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 Newberry County

Population, 2025 estimate
39,561+4.8% since 2020
Households
15,325
Median age
41.8
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
630 sq. mi.
People per square mile
61
Median household income
$61,780+39.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$77,240
Median home value
$173,300
Jobs located here
15,662
Daytime population
36,412Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Child care and preschools across South Carolina

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

Top counties in South Carolina

Counties in South Carolina ranked for child care centers and preschools by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Beaufort County, SC89334.0$1.4M+8.9%#20 of 1,611
2Kershaw County, SC8083.0$1.4M+11.6%#82 of 1,611
3Dorchester County, SC80243.8$1.2M+10.1%#87 of 1,611
4Berkeley County, SC80373.9$1.2M+18.7%#88 of 1,611
5Pickens County, SC79122.3$1.7M+5.7%#92 of 1,611
6Lancaster County, SC79133.2$1.5M+18.3%#93 of 1,611
7Horry County, SC76603.8$1M+20.9%#150 of 1,611
8Anderson County, SC75283.3$1.2M+7.7%#160 of 1,611
9Charleston County, SC74874.9$1.2M+6.4%#177 of 1,611
10Greenville County, SC731054.8$1M+10.6%#204 of 1,611
20Newberry County, SC5653.3$1.1M+4.8%#650 of 1,611

Other business types in Newberry 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 Newberry County, SC?

Newberry County has 5 child care centers and preschools on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (20%) is a chain location. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Official counts list 32 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $5.3M a year, or $346 per household. That is 40% below the U.S. average (an index of 60, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $1.1M per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,325 households in Newberry County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Newberry 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 $1.1M, 6% 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 1,703 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.

How fast is Newberry County, SC growing?

Population estimates put Newberry County at 39,561 people in 2025, up 4.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,325 households. The median household income in Newberry County is $61,780 a year, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 39.7% 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. Newberry County scores 56 for child care centers and preschools (upper middle), #650 of 1,611 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for child care centers and preschools · All 56 business types in Newberry County

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