Groundwork

Child care · County · Tennessee

Child care centers and preschools in Hickman County, TN

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for child care centers and preschools in Hickman 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 1.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$3.4M
On child care and other personal services · $365 a household
Spending per listing
$3.4M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
1.1
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
26,219
+5.0% since 2020

See the child care centers and preschools around any address in Hickman County

The site report maps the child care centers and preschools on map listings near the address, by name and distance, and sizes the households and spending around it. Or open the report at the center of Hickman County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.

Free10 actions over 3 days, no card

Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Households in Hickman County spend about $3.4M a year on child care and other personal services, or $365 per household, 37% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.4M per center.

There is 1 child care center or preschool on map listings in Hickman County as of September 2026. That is 1.1 per 10,000 households.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as child care services in Hickman County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 3,145 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Official counts also show 36 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in Hickman County from 2020 to 2025 at +5.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 child care center or preschool on map listings, Hickman County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Hickman 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 Hickman County, TN compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureHickman CountyTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.15.05.8
Spending per listing$3.4M$869K$1M
Households per official establishment3,1452,2741,573
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+1.3%+5.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.0%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on child care and other personal services$365$438$581
Median household income$68,247$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored64

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
47
Annual payroll, 2023
$992K
One-person businesses, 2023
36Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
10 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 Hickman 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 Hickman County

Population, 2025 estimate
26,219+5.0% since 2020
Households
9,435
Median age
42.0
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
613 sq. mi.
People per square mile
42
Median household income
$68,247+56.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$86,308
Median home value
$224,100
Jobs located here
4,018
Daytime population
20,397Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

Looking at a specific site in Hickman County?

These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the child care centers and preschools on map listings by name and distance.

Or open the report at the center of Hickman County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.

Free10 actions over 3 days, no card

Child care and preschools across Tennessee

Every Tennessee market ranked →

The highest-scoring counties in Tennessee for child care centers and preschools, numbered among those based in Tennessee, with Hickman 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
Hickman County, TNNot scored11.1$3.4M+5.0%

Other business types in Hickman 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 Hickman County, TN?

As of September 2026, map listings count 1 child care center or preschool in Hickman County. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Another 36 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $3.4M a year, or $365 per household. That is 37% below the U.S. average (an index of 63, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 child care center or preschool on map listings, it comes to $3.4M per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,435 households in Hickman County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Hickman County has 1 child care center or preschool on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Hickman County would have about 3, against 1 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,145 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.

How fast is Hickman County, TN growing?

Population estimates put Hickman County at 26,219 people in 2025, up 5.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,435 households. Median household income in Hickman County is $68,247, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 56.5%, 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. Hickman County has no market score for child care centers and preschools: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Hickman County. It maps the child care centers and preschools on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.

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

Screening a site or an acquisition in Hickman County?

A site report maps the competitors on map listings near an address and sizes the households and spending around it.

The button opens the report at the center of Hickman County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.

This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Figures are estimates for research only. Not investment or real estate advice.