Child care · Small-town market · Tennessee
Child care centers and preschools in the Tullahoma-Manchester, TN area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for child care centers and preschools in the Tullahoma-Manchester, TN area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 37 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #342 of 454 scored small-town markets
#11 of 14 scored small-town markets based in Tennessee
- Listings
- 19
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 17
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $8.8M
- On child care and other personal services · $339 a household
- Spending per listing
- $462K
- 54% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.4
- 28% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 69,339
- +7.3% since 2020
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What this means
The Tullahoma-Manchester area scores 37 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for child care centers and preschools, ranking #342 of 454 scored small-town markets and #11 of 14 scored small-town markets based in Tennessee. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
At $339 per household (42% below the U.S. average), households in the Tullahoma-Manchester area spend about $8.8M a year on child care and other personal services. That works out to $462K per center, 54% below the U.S. figure of $1M.
The Tullahoma-Manchester area has 19 child care centers and preschools on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. That comes to 7.4 for every 10,000 households, 28% above the U.S. rate of 5.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 17 businesses with payroll in the Tullahoma-Manchester area classed as child care services. That is one for every 1,520 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $150K has gone to businesses classed as child care services in the Tullahoma-Manchester area. Population estimates put the population change in the Tullahoma-Manchester area from 2020 to 2025 at +7.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Tullahoma-Manchester 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 | Tullahoma-Manchester area | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.4 | 5.0 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $462K | $869K | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,520 | 2,274 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.3% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.3% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $339 | $438 | $581 |
| Median household income | $62,285 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 37 | 64 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17
- Employees, 2023
- 123
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 113Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 190 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $150K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as child care services in the Tullahoma-Manchester 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 Tullahoma-Manchester area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 69,339+7.3% since 2020
- Households
- 25,836
- Median age
- 39.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 558 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 119
- Median household income
- $62,285
- Average household income
- $77,589
- Median home value
- $251,500
- Jobs located here
- 28,313
- Daytime population
- 67,636Residents 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 Tullahoma-Manchester 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 |
| 11Tullahoma-Manchester, TN | 37 | 19 | 7.4 | $462K | +7.3% | #342 of 454 |
Other business types in the Tullahoma-Manchester 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 preschools37
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many child care centers and preschools are in the Tullahoma-Manchester, TN area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 19 child care centers and preschools in the Tullahoma-Manchester area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Official counts list 113 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Tullahoma-Manchester, TN area spend on child care and other personal services?
About $8.8M a year, or $339 per household. That is 42% below the U.S. average (an index of 58, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $462K per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 25,836 households in the Tullahoma-Manchester area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Tullahoma-Manchester, TN area compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
The Tullahoma-Manchester area has 7.4 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 28% above the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $462K, 54% below the U.S. figure of $1M. At the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, the Tullahoma-Manchester area would have about 9, against 19 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,520 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.
How fast is the Tullahoma-Manchester, TN area growing?
Population estimates put the Tullahoma-Manchester area at 69,339 people in 2025, up 7.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 25,836 households. Median household income in the Tullahoma-Manchester area is $62,285, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Tullahoma-Manchester area scores 37 for child care centers and preschools (lower middle), #342 of 454 scored small-town markets.
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