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Child care centers and preschools in Carter County, TN
The child care centers and preschools in Carter County, TN, 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 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $7.3M
- On child care and other personal services · $298 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.4M
- 2.4 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.2
- 79% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 57,361
- +1.7% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 3 child care centers and preschools in Carter County. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.2, 79% below the U.S. rate of 5.8.
Household spending on child care and other personal services in Carter County comes to about $7.3M a year: $298 per household, 49% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.4M of household spending for each center on map listings, 2.4 times the U.S. figure of $1M.
Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in Carter County in 2023. That is one for every 4,885 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Official counts also show 43 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Carter County grew 1.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 child care centers and preschools on map listings, Carter County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Carter 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.
| Measure | Carter County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.2 | 5.0 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.4M | $869K | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,885 | 2,274 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.3% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.7% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $298 | $438 | $581 |
| Median household income | $50,135 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 64 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 31
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $654K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 43Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 30 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The 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 Carter 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 Carter County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 57,361+1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 24,425
- Median age
- 45.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 341 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 166
- Median household income
- $50,135+31.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $66,526
- Median home value
- $168,200
- Jobs located here
- 12,579
- Daytime population
- 45,703Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Tennessee
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roane County, TN | 86 | 5 | 2.2 | $1.9M | +7.0% | #30 of 1,611 |
| 2Fayette County, TN | 82 | 7 | 4.1 | $1.2M | +7.7% | #67 of 1,611 |
| 3Blount County, TN | 78 | 22 | 4.0 | $1.1M | +6.0% | #121 of 1,611 |
| 4Wilson County, TN | 77 | 28 | 4.7 | $1.2M | +17.8% | #133 of 1,611 |
| 5Davidson County, TN | 76 | 146 | 4.5 | $1.1M | +4.2% | #148 of 1,611 |
| 6Williamson County, TN | 74 | 74 | 8.0 | $1M | +9.0% | #186 of 1,611 |
| 7Dickson County, TN | 73 | 10 | 4.6 | $953K | +7.7% | #205 of 1,611 |
| 8Maury County, TN | 72 | 20 | 4.7 | $938K | +16.0% | #223 of 1,611 |
| 9Anderson County, TN | 71 | 14 | 4.3 | $973K | +6.1% | #243 of 1,611 |
| 10McMinn County, TN | 70 | 6 | 2.8 | $1.3M | +7.6% | #255 of 1,611 |
| Carter County, TN | Not scored | 3 | 1.2 | $2.4M | +1.7% |
Other business types in Carter 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 Carter County, TN?
Carter County has 3 child care centers and preschools on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Another 43 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Carter County, TN spend on child care and other personal services?
About $7.3M a year, or $298 per household. That is 49% below the U.S. average (an index of 51, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $2.4M per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 24,425 households in Carter County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Carter County, TN compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
Carter County has 1.2 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 79% below the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $2.4M, 2.4 times the U.S. figure of $1M. At the national ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Carter County would have about 7, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,885 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.
How fast is Carter County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Carter County at 57,361 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 24,425 households. The median household income in Carter County is $50,135 a year, 38% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.6% 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. Carter County has no market score for child care centers and preschools: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
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