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Child care centers and preschools in Davison County, SD
The child care centers and preschools in Davison County, SD, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $3M
- On child care and other personal services · $342 a household
- Spending per listing
- $762K
- 24% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.5
- 22% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 20,069
- +0.6% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Davison County spend about $3M a year on child care and other personal services, or $342 per household, 41% below the U.S. average. That is about $762K of household spending for each center on map listings, 24% below the U.S. figure of $1M.
Davison County has 4 child care centers and preschools on map listings as of September 2026. That comes to 4.5 for every 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 5.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 10 businesses with payroll in Davison County classed as child care services. That is one for every 890 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Another 63 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates put the population change in Davison County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 child care centers and preschools on map listings, Davison County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Davison County compares
The same measures for South Dakota 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 | Davison County | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.5 | 6.7 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $762K | $598K | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 890 | 1,306 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +11.6% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.6% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $342 | $399 | $581 |
| Median household income | $66,208 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 26 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9 → 10
- Employees, 2023
- 55
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $898K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 63Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 40 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 Davison 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 Davison County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 20,069+0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 8,899
- Median age
- 41.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 436 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 46
- Median household income
- $66,208+30.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,188
- Median home value
- $205,800
- Jobs located here
- 12,476
- Daytime population
- 21,213Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in South Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Codington County, SD | 56 | 6 | 4.8 | $723K | +4.3% | #673 of 1,611 |
| 2Lawrence County, SD | 46 | 6 | 5.0 | $749K | +14.0% | #927 of 1,611 |
| 3Minnehaha County, SD | 44 | 50 | 5.9 | $709K | +7.6% | #983 of 1,611 |
| 4Lincoln County, SD | 44 | 26 | 9.3 | $553K | +17.5% | #993 of 1,611 |
| 5Pennington County, SD | 39 | 34 | 7.3 | $549K | +6.6% | #1,132 of 1,611 |
| 6Meade County, SD | 37 | 7 | 5.8 | $673K | +2.7% | #1,166 of 1,611 |
| 7Brown County, SD | 35 | 14 | 8.6 | $449K | −1.7% | #1,235 of 1,611 |
| 8Union County, SD | 33 | 9 | 12.3 | $399K | +3.3% | #1,286 of 1,611 |
| 9Brookings County, SD | 31 | 11 | 8.0 | $470K | +9.6% | #1,321 of 1,611 |
| 10Hughes County, SD | 23 | 8 | 11.0 | $379K | −0.9% | #1,445 of 1,611 |
| Davison County, SD | Not scored | 4 | 4.5 | $762K | +0.6% |
Other business types in Davison 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 Davison County, SD?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 child care centers and preschools in Davison County. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Official counts list 63 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Davison County, SD spend on child care and other personal services?
About $3M a year, or $342 per household. That is 41% below the U.S. average (an index of 59, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $762K per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,899 households in Davison County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Davison County, SD compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
Davison County has 4.5 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $762K, 24% below the U.S. figure of $1M. At the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Davison County would have about 3, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 890 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.
How fast is Davison County, SD growing?
Population estimates put Davison County at 20,069 people in 2025, up 0.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,899 households. Median household income in Davison County is $66,208, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.9%, 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. Davison County has no market score for child care centers and preschools: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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