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Child care centers and preschools in Bledsoe County, TN

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for child care centers and preschools in Bledsoe County, TN, 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
1 chain location (50%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$1.5M
On child care and other personal services · $319 a household
Spending per listing
$774K
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
4.1
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
15,920
+6.5% 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

Household spending on child care and other personal services in Bledsoe County comes to about $1.5M a year: $319 per household, 45% below the U.S. average. That works out to $774K per center.

Bledsoe County has 2 child care centers and preschools on map listings as of September 2026. That is 4.1 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for child care services in Bledsoe County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 11 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in Bledsoe County from 2020 to 2025 at +6.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 child care centers and preschools on map listings, Bledsoe County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Bledsoe County compares

The same measures for Tennessee 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 Bledsoe County, TN compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureBledsoe CountyTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.15.05.8
Spending per listing$774K$869K$1M
Households per official establishmentn/a2,2741,573
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+1.3%+5.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.5%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on child care and other personal services$319$438$581
Median household income$54,720$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored64

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
11Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
21 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2The 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 Bledsoe 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 Bledsoe County

Population, 2025 estimate
15,920+6.5% since 2020
Households
4,858
Median age
43.0
Homes lived in by their owners
83%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
407 sq. mi.
People per square mile
37
Median household income
$54,720+24.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$67,637
Median home value
$189,400
Jobs located here
2,517
Daytime population
12,597Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Child care and preschools across Tennessee

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

Top counties in Tennessee

Counties in Tennessee ranked for child care centers and preschools by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Roane County, TN8652.2$1.9M+7.0%#30 of 1,611
2Fayette County, TN8274.1$1.2M+7.7%#67 of 1,611
3Blount County, TN78224.0$1.1M+6.0%#121 of 1,611
4Wilson County, TN77284.7$1.2M+17.8%#133 of 1,611
5Davidson County, TN761464.5$1.1M+4.2%#148 of 1,611
6Williamson County, TN74748.0$1M+9.0%#186 of 1,611
7Dickson County, TN73104.6$953K+7.7%#205 of 1,611
8Maury County, TN72204.7$938K+16.0%#223 of 1,611
9Anderson County, TN71144.3$973K+6.1%#243 of 1,611
10McMinn County, TN7062.8$1.3M+7.6%#255 of 1,611
Bledsoe County, TNNot scored24.1$774K+6.5%

Other business types in Bledsoe 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 Bledsoe County, TN?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 child care centers and preschools in Bledsoe County. The listings count day care centers and preschools. No official count is published for child care services in Bledsoe County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 11 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $1.5M a year, or $319 per household. That is 45% below the U.S. average (an index of 55, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $774K per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,858 households in Bledsoe County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Bledsoe County has 2 child care centers and preschools on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending.

How fast is Bledsoe County, TN growing?

Population estimates put Bledsoe County at 15,920 people in 2025, up 6.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,858 households. Median household income in Bledsoe County is $54,720, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.0%, 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. Bledsoe County has no market score for child care centers and preschools: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

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