Child care · Small-town market · Tennessee
Child care centers and preschools in the McMinnville, TN area
How the McMinnville, TN area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for child care centers and preschools: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 39 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #324 of 454 scored small-town markets
#10 of 14 scored small-town markets based in Tennessee
- Listings
- 10
- 1 chain location (10%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $5.2M
- On child care and other personal services · $324 a household
- Spending per listing
- $525K
- 48% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.2
- 7% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 43,717
- +6.5% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on child care and other personal services in the McMinnville area comes to about $5.2M a year: $324 per household, 44% below the U.S. average. Spread across 10 child care centers and preschools, that is $525K per center, 48% below the U.S. figure of $1M.
There are 10 child care centers and preschools on map listings in the McMinnville area as of September 2026. One of them (10%) is a chain location, against 12% across the U.S. That is 6.2 per 10,000 households, 7% above the U.S. rate of 5.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 10 businesses with payroll in the McMinnville area classed as child care services. That is one for every 1,620 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Official counts also show 57 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in the McMinnville area from 2020 to 2025 at +6.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For child care centers and preschools, the McMinnville area has a Groundwork market score of 39 (lower middle): #324 of 454 scored small-town markets and #10 of 14 scored small-town markets based in Tennessee.
How the McMinnville area 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 | McMinnville area | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.2 | 5.0 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $525K | $869K | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,620 | 2,274 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/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 | $324 | $438 | $581 |
| Median household income | $55,487 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 39 | 64 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10
- Employees, 2023
- 64
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 57Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 101 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 the McMinnville area, 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 the McMinnville area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 43,717+6.5% since 2020
- Households
- 16,203
- Median age
- 40.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 433 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 97
- Median household income
- $55,487+34.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,703
- Median home value
- $192,900
- Jobs located here
- 12,649
- Daytime population
- 36,573Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Tennessee market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Tennessee for child care centers and preschools, numbered among those based in Tennessee, with the McMinnville area marked.
Top small-town markets in Tennessee
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Athens, TN | 80 | 6 | 2.3 | $1.6M | +8.2% | #18 of 454 |
| 2Greeneville, TN | 74 | 8 | 2.8 | $1.2M | +5.0% | #48 of 454 |
| 3Crossville, TN | 74 | 9 | 3.2 | $1M | +8.0% | #51 of 454 |
| 4Lewisburg, TN | 70 | 5 | 3.7 | $1.1M | +10.5% | #74 of 454 |
| 5Sevierville, TN | 66 | 15 | 3.7 | $1M | +2.5% | #109 of 454 |
| 6Paris, TN | 55 | 5 | 3.7 | $828K | +2.3% | #189 of 454 |
| 7Cookeville, TN | 54 | 32 | 5.5 | $640K | +7.6% | #202 of 454 |
| 8Lawrenceburg, TN | 46 | 8 | 4.7 | $703K | +6.2% | #269 of 454 |
| 9Shelbyville, TN | 41 | 17 | 8.7 | $441K | +9.7% | #313 of 454 |
| 10McMinnville, TN | 39 | 10 | 6.2 | $525K | +6.5% | #324 of 454 |
Other business types in the McMinnville area
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 preschools39
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many child care centers and preschools are in the McMinnville, TN area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 10 child care centers and preschools in the McMinnville area. One of them (10%) is a chain location. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Another 57 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the McMinnville, TN area spend on child care and other personal services?
About $5.2M a year, or $324 per household. That is 44% below the U.S. average (an index of 56, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $525K per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,203 households in the McMinnville area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the McMinnville, TN area compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
The McMinnville area has 6.2 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 7% above the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $525K, 48% below the U.S. figure of $1M. At the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, the McMinnville area would have about 5, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,620 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.
How fast is the McMinnville, TN area growing?
Population estimates put the McMinnville area at 43,717 people in 2025, up 6.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,203 households. Median household income in the McMinnville area is $55,487, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.9%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The McMinnville area scores 39 for child care centers and preschools (lower middle), #324 of 454 scored small-town markets.
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