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Child care centers and preschools in Bennington County, VT
How Bennington County, VT compares with other counties and the U.S. for child care centers and preschools: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 30 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,329 of 1,611 scored counties
#12 of 12 scored counties in Vermont
- Listings
- 13
- 1 chain location (8%)
- Official establishments
- 18
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $8.5M
- On child care and other personal services · $568 a household
- Spending per listing
- $654K
- 35% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.7
- 50% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 36,630
- −1.8% since 2020
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What this means
For child care centers and preschools, Bennington County has a Groundwork market score of 30 (lower middle): #1,329 of 1,611 scored counties and #12 of 12 scored counties in Vermont. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on child care and other personal services in Bennington County comes to about $8.5M a year: $568 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. That works out to $654K per center, 35% below the U.S. figure of $1M.
Bennington County has 13 child care centers and preschools on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (8%) is a chain location, against 12% across the U.S. That is 8.7 per 10,000 households, 50% above the U.S. rate of 5.8.
Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in Bennington County in 2023. That is one for every 833 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Bennington County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Bennington County compares
The same measures for Vermont 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 | Bennington County | Vermont | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.7 | 8.0 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $654K | $727K | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 833 | 1,005 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +11.5% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.8% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $568 | $583 | $581 |
| Median household income | $73,325 | $81,203 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 30 | 23 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 19 → 18
- Employees, 2023
- 241
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $9.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 35Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 131 chain location
- 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
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as child care services in Bennington 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 Bennington County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 36,630−1.8% since 2020
- Households
- 14,987
- Median age
- 47.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 674 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 55
- Median household income
- $73,325+30.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $107,853
- Median home value
- $279,900
- Jobs located here
- 16,869
- Daytime population
- 38,521Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Vermont
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Orange County, VT | 51 | 7 | 5.5 | $985K | +2.4% | #791 of 1,611 |
| 2Washington County, VT | 48 | 16 | 6.2 | $927K | −0.2% | #869 of 1,611 |
| 3Lamoille County, VT | 43 | 8 | 6.7 | $827K | +1.4% | #1,003 of 1,611 |
| 4Franklin County, VT | 42 | 15 | 7.5 | $724K | +2.3% | #1,040 of 1,611 |
| 5Addison County, VT | 41 | 13 | 8.7 | $693K | +1.8% | #1,070 of 1,611 |
| 6Chittenden County, VT | 40 | 65 | 9.1 | $755K | +0.4% | #1,099 of 1,611 |
| 7Orleans County, VT | 34 | 9 | 7.5 | $645K | +0.7% | #1,244 of 1,611 |
| 8Rutland County, VT | 34 | 23 | 9.1 | $544K | −1.4% | #1,253 of 1,611 |
| 9Windsor County, VT | 33 | 23 | 9.1 | $646K | −0.7% | #1,268 of 1,611 |
| 10Caledonia County, VT | 32 | 10 | 7.6 | $636K | +0.8% | #1,293 of 1,611 |
| 12Bennington County, VT | 30 | 13 | 8.7 | $654K | −1.8% | #1,329 of 1,611 |
Other business types in Bennington County
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 preschools30
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many child care centers and preschools are in Bennington County, VT?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 child care centers and preschools in Bennington County. One of them (8%) is a chain location. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Official counts also show 35 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Bennington County, VT spend on child care and other personal services?
About $8.5M a year, or $568 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $654K per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 14,987 households in Bennington County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Bennington County, VT compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
Bennington County has 8.7 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 50% above the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $654K, 35% below the U.S. figure of $1M. At the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Bennington County would have about 9, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 833 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.
How fast is Bennington County, VT growing?
Population estimates put Bennington County at 36,630 people in 2025, down 1.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 14,987 households. Median household income in Bennington County is $73,325, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.5%, 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. Bennington County scores 30 for child care centers and preschools (lower middle), #1,329 of 1,611 scored counties.
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