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Child care centers and preschools in Charlotte County, VA
How Charlotte 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 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 1 chain location (100%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $1.6M
- On child care and other personal services · $350 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.6M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.1
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 11,401
- −1.2% since 2020
See the child care centers and preschools around any address in Charlotte County
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What this means
Household spending on child care and other personal services in Charlotte County comes to about $1.6M a year: $350 per household, 40% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.6M per center.
There is 1 child care center or preschool on map listings in Charlotte County as of September 2026. That is 2.1 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for child care services in Charlotte County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts also show 13 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Charlotte County declined 1.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 child care center or preschool on map listings, Charlotte County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Charlotte 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 | Charlotte County | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.1 | 5.9 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $1.6M | $1M | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,702 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.4% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.2% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $350 | $602 | $581 |
| Median household income | $58,000 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 62 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 13Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 11 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 2The 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 Charlotte 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 Charlotte County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 11,401−1.2% since 2020
- Households
- 4,704
- Median age
- 45.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 475 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 24
- Median household income
- $58,000+43.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $77,519
- Median home value
- $144,100
- Jobs located here
- 2,934
- Daytime population
- 9,367Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Charlotte County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the child care centers and preschools on map listings by name and distance.
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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 |
| Charlotte County, VA | Not scored | 1 | 2.1 | $1.6M | −1.2% |
Other business types in Charlotte 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 Charlotte County, VA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 1 child care center or preschool in Charlotte County. The listings count day care centers and preschools. No official count is published for child care services in Charlotte County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 13 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Charlotte County, VA spend on child care and other personal services?
About $1.6M a year, or $350 per household. That is 40% below the U.S. average (an index of 60, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 child care center or preschool on map listings, it comes to $1.6M per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,704 households in Charlotte County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Charlotte County, VA compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
Charlotte County has 1 child care center or preschool on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Charlotte County would have about 2, against 1 on map listings.
How fast is Charlotte County, VA growing?
Population estimates put Charlotte County at 11,401 people in 2025, down 1.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,704 households. Median household income in Charlotte County is $58,000, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 43.0%, 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. Charlotte County has no market score for child care centers and preschools: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Charlotte County. It maps the child care centers and preschools on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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