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Child care centers and preschools in Caroline County, VA
How Caroline County, VA compares with other counties and the U.S. for child care centers and preschools: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $6.1M
- On child care and other personal services · $505 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2M
- Twice the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.5
- 57% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 34,413
- +11.3% since 2020
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What this means
At $505 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in Caroline County spend about $6.1M a year on child care and other personal services. Spread across 3 child care centers and preschools, that is $2M per center, twice the U.S. figure of $1M.
There are 3 child care centers and preschools on map listings in Caroline County as of September 2026. That is 2.5 per 10,000 households, 57% below the U.S. rate of 5.8.
Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in Caroline County in 2023. That is one for every 2,997 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Official counts also show 52 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Caroline County grew 11.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 child care centers and preschools on map listings, Caroline County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Caroline County compares
The same measures for Virginia 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 | Caroline County | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.5 | 5.9 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2M | $1M | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,997 | 1,702 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.4% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +11.3% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $505 | $602 | $581 |
| Median household income | $87,407 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 62 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 72
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 52Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 30 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Caroline 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 Caroline County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 34,413+11.3% since 2020
- Households
- 11,988
- Median age
- 40.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 527 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 61
- Median household income
- $87,407+34.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $103,835
- Median home value
- $307,700
- Jobs located here
- 6,321
- Daytime population
- 20,611Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Frederick County, VA | 93 | 12 | 3.4 | $1.7M | +8.8% | #4 of 1,611 |
| 2Culpeper County, VA | 91 | 7 | 3.7 | $1.5M | +9.3% | #12 of 1,611 |
| 3Louisa County, VA | 87 | 5 | 3.2 | $1.6M | +13.6% | #25 of 1,611 |
| 4Suffolk city, VA | 86 | 15 | 4.0 | $1.4M | +10.4% | #34 of 1,611 |
| 5Bedford County, VA | 85 | 5 | 1.5 | $3.1M | +4.4% | #36 of 1,611 |
| 6Orange County, VA | 85 | 7 | 4.7 | $1.2M | +10.1% | #42 of 1,611 |
| 7Fauquier County, VA | 82 | 15 | 5.6 | $1.4M | +4.8% | #64 of 1,611 |
| 8James City County, VA | 78 | 15 | 4.7 | $1.4M | +6.2% | #114 of 1,611 |
| 9Richmond city, VA | 78 | 41 | 3.9 | $1.1M | +4.6% | #120 of 1,611 |
| 10Franklin County, VA | 77 | 6 | 2.6 | $1.6M | +1.9% | #127 of 1,611 |
| Caroline County, VA | Not scored | 3 | 2.5 | $2M | +11.3% |
Other business types in Caroline 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 preschools
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many child care centers and preschools are in Caroline County, VA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 3 child care centers and preschools in Caroline County. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Another 52 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Caroline County, VA spend on child care and other personal services?
About $6.1M a year, or $505 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $2M per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,988 households in Caroline County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Caroline County, VA compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
Caroline County has 2.5 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 57% below the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $2M, twice the U.S. figure of $1M. At the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Caroline County would have about 6, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,997 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.
How fast is Caroline County, VA growing?
Population estimates put Caroline County at 34,413 people in 2025, up 11.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,988 households. Median household income in Caroline County is $87,407, 8% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.3%, 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. Caroline County has no market score for child care centers and preschools: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
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