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Child care centers and preschools in the Winchester, TN area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for child care centers and preschools in the Winchester, TN area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.

Listings
4
1 chain location (25%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$6.5M
On child care and other personal services · $374 a household
Spending per listing
$1.6M
63% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.3
60% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
45,579
+6.4% since 2020

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

What this means

Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 child care centers and preschools in the Winchester area. That comes to 2.3 for every 10,000 households, 60% below the U.S. rate of 5.8.

Household spending on child care and other personal services in the Winchester area comes to about $6.5M a year: $374 per household, 36% below the U.S. average. Spread across 4 child care centers and preschools, that is $1.6M per center, 63% above the U.S. figure of $1M.

In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in the Winchester area classed as child care services. That is one for every 3,489 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Official counts list 80 one-person businesses without payroll.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Winchester area grew 6.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 child care centers and preschools on map listings, the Winchester area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How the Winchester 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.

Child care and preschools in Winchester, TN area compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureWinchester areaTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.35.05.8
Spending per listing$1.6M$869K$1M
Households per official establishment3,4892,2741,573
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+1.3%+5.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.4%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on child care and other personal services$374$438$581
Median household income$63,494$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored64

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5
Employees, 2023
47
Annual payroll, 2023
$876K
One-person businesses, 2023
80Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
41 chain location
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 the Winchester 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 Winchester area

Population, 2025 estimate
45,579+6.4% since 2020
Households
17,445
Median age
42.4
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
555 sq. mi.
People per square mile
79
Median household income
$63,494
Average household income
$81,726
Median home value
$236,900
Jobs located here
10,501
Daytime population
36,269Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Child care and preschools across Tennessee

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Tennessee for child care centers and preschools, numbered among those based in Tennessee, with the Winchester area marked.

Top small-town markets in Tennessee

Small-town markets in Tennessee ranked for child care centers and preschools by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Athens, TN8062.3$1.6M+8.2%#18 of 454
2Greeneville, TN7482.8$1.2M+5.0%#48 of 454
3Crossville, TN7493.2$1M+8.0%#51 of 454
4Lewisburg, TN7053.7$1.1M+10.5%#74 of 454
5Sevierville, TN66153.7$1M+2.5%#109 of 454
6Paris, TN5553.7$828K+2.3%#189 of 454
7Cookeville, TN54325.5$640K+7.6%#202 of 454
8Lawrenceburg, TN4684.7$703K+6.2%#269 of 454
9Shelbyville, TN41178.7$441K+9.7%#313 of 454
10McMinnville, TN39106.2$525K+6.5%#324 of 454
Winchester, TNNot scored42.3$1.6M+6.4%

Other business types in the Winchester area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many child care centers and preschools are in the Winchester, TN area?

There are 4 child care centers and preschools on map listings in the Winchester area 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. Official counts also show 80 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Winchester, TN area spend on child care and other personal services?

About $6.5M 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 4 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $1.6M per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 17,445 households in the Winchester area and national spending patterns by income.

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

The Winchester area has 2.3 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 60% below the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $1.6M, 63% above the U.S. figure of $1M. At the national ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, the Winchester area would have about 7, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,489 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.

How fast is the Winchester, TN area growing?

Population estimates put the Winchester area at 45,579 people in 2025, up 6.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,445 households. The median household income in the Winchester area is $63,494 a year, 21% 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 Winchester area has no market score for child care centers and preschools: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.

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