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Child care centers and preschools in Floyd County, VA
The child care centers and preschools in Floyd County, VA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
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
- $2.5M
- On child care and other personal services · $371 a household
- Spending per listing
- $819K
- 18% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.5
- 22% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 15,789
- +2.1% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 3 child care centers and preschools in Floyd County. That is 4.5 per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 5.8.
Households in Floyd County spend about $2.5M a year on child care and other personal services, or $371 per household, 36% below the U.S. average. That is about $819K of household spending for each center on map listings, 18% below the U.S. figure of $1M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as child care services in Floyd County was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 1,657 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Another 14 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates show Floyd County grew 2.1% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 child care centers and preschools on map listings, Floyd County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Floyd 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 | Floyd County | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.5 | 5.9 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $819K | $1M | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,657 | 1,702 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.4% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.1% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $371 | $602 | $581 |
| Median household income | $62,191 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 62 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 30
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $796K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 14Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 30 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The 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 Floyd 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 Floyd County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 15,789+2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 6,627
- Median age
- 47.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 84%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 381 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 41
- Median household income
- $62,191+20.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,184
- Median home value
- $225,400
- Jobs located here
- 3,579
- Daytime population
- 12,782Residents 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 |
| Floyd County, VA | Not scored | 3 | 4.5 | $819K | +2.1% |
Other business types in Floyd 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 Floyd County, VA?
Floyd County has 3 child care centers and preschools on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Official counts list 14 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Floyd County, VA spend on child care and other personal services?
About $2.5M a year, or $371 per household. That is 36% below the U.S. average (an index of 64, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $819K per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,627 households in Floyd County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Floyd County, VA compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
Floyd County has 4.5 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $819K, 18% below the U.S. figure of $1M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,657 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.
How fast is Floyd County, VA growing?
Population estimates put Floyd County at 15,789 people in 2025, up 2.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,627 households. The median household income in Floyd County is $62,191 a year, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.7% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Floyd County has no market score for child care centers and preschools: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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