Child care · Small-town market · Tennessee
Child care centers and preschools in the Sevierville, TN area
How the Sevierville, 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 66 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #109 of 454 scored small-town markets
#5 of 14 scored small-town markets based in Tennessee
- Listings
- 15
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 19
- −5.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $15.1M
- On child care and other personal services · $374 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1M
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.7
- 36% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 101,342
- +2.5% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on child care and other personal services in the Sevierville area comes to about $15.1M a year: $374 per household, 36% below the U.S. average. Spread across 15 child care centers and preschools, that is $1M per center, in line with the U.S. figure of $1M.
The Sevierville area has 15 child care centers and preschools on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.7, 36% below the U.S. rate of 5.8.
Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in the Sevierville area in 2023, down 5.0% from 2019. That is one for every 2,123 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Official counts also show 64 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in the Sevierville area from 2020 to 2025 at +2.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for child care centers and preschools in the Sevierville area is 66 (upper middle), #109 of 454 scored small-town markets and #5 of 14 scored small-town markets based in Tennessee. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.
How the Sevierville 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 | Sevierville area | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.7 | 5.0 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $1M | $869K | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,123 | 2,274 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −5.0% | +1.3% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.5% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $374 | $438 | $581 |
| Median household income | $62,581 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 66 | 64 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 19−5.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 162
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 64Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 150 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 15The 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 Sevierville 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 Sevierville area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 101,342+2.5% since 2020
- Households
- 40,344
- Median age
- 43.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 593 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 168
- Median household income
- $62,581+26.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,623
- Median home value
- $299,000
- Jobs located here
- 50,989
- Daytime population
- 105,184Residents 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 Sevierville 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 Sevierville 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 preschools66
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many child care centers and preschools are in the Sevierville, TN area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 15 child care centers and preschools in the Sevierville area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023, down 5.0% from 2019. Another 64 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Sevierville, TN area spend on child care and other personal services?
About $15.1M a year, or $374 per household. That is 36% below the U.S. average (an index of 64, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $1M per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 40,344 households in the Sevierville area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Sevierville, TN area compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
The Sevierville area has 3.7 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 36% below the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $1M, in line with the U.S. figure of $1M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,123 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. The official count fell 5.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +5.7% for the U.S.
How fast is the Sevierville, TN area growing?
Population estimates put the Sevierville area at 101,342 people in 2025, up 2.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 40,344 households. Median household income in the Sevierville area is $62,581, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.2%, 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 Sevierville area scores 66 for child care centers and preschools (upper middle), #109 of 454 scored small-town markets.
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