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Child care centers and preschools in Franklin city, VA

How Franklin city, 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

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
0
None on the map
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$1.2M
On child care and other personal services · $342 a household
Spending per listing
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
Population, 2025
8,478
+4.1% 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

Households in Franklin city spend about $1.2M a year on child care and other personal services, or $342 per household, 41% below the U.S. average.

Map listings as of September 2026 show no child care centers and preschools in Franklin city. At the national ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Franklin city would have about 1, against none on map listings.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as child care services in Franklin city was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 864 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Another 26 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates show Franklin city grew 4.1% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Franklin city 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.

Child care and preschools in Franklin city, VA compared with Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureFranklin cityVirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.05.95.8
Spending per listingn/a$1M$1M
Households per official establishment8641,7021,573
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+0.4%+5.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.1%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on child care and other personal services$342$602$581
Median household income$63,245$93,170$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored62

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 4
Employees, 2023
75
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
26Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
0
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1The 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 Franklin city, 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 Franklin city

Population, 2025 estimate
8,478+4.1% since 2020
Households
3,454
Median age
37.2
Homes lived in by their owners
54%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
8 sq. mi.
People per square mile
997
Median household income
$63,245
Average household income
$74,218
Median home value
$256,600
Jobs located here
3,977
Daytime population
8,893Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Child care and preschools across Virginia

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The highest-scoring counties in Virginia for child care centers and preschools, numbered among those based in Virginia, with Franklin city marked.

Top counties in Virginia

Counties in Virginia ranked for child care centers and preschools by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Frederick County, VA93123.4$1.7M+8.8%#4 of 1,611
2Culpeper County, VA9173.7$1.5M+9.3%#12 of 1,611
3Louisa County, VA8753.2$1.6M+13.6%#25 of 1,611
4Suffolk city, VA86154.0$1.4M+10.4%#34 of 1,611
5Bedford County, VA8551.5$3.1M+4.4%#36 of 1,611
6Orange County, VA8574.7$1.2M+10.1%#42 of 1,611
7Fauquier County, VA82155.6$1.4M+4.8%#64 of 1,611
8James City County, VA78154.7$1.4M+6.2%#114 of 1,611
9Richmond city, VA78413.9$1.1M+4.6%#120 of 1,611
10Franklin County, VA7762.6$1.6M+1.9%#127 of 1,611
Franklin city, VANot scored00.0n/a+4.1%

Other business types in Franklin city

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many child care centers and preschools are in Franklin city, VA?

There are no child care centers and preschools on map listings in Franklin city 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 26 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Franklin city, VA spend on child care and other personal services?

About $1.2M a year, or $342 per household. That is 41% below the U.S. average (an index of 59, where 100 is the U.S. average). It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,454 households in Franklin city and national spending patterns by income.

How does Franklin city, VA compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?

Franklin city has no child care centers and preschools on map listings. At the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Franklin city would have about 1, against none on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 864 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.

How fast is Franklin city, VA growing?

Population estimates put Franklin city at 8,478 people in 2025, up 4.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 3,454 households. Median household income in Franklin city is $63,245, 22% 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. 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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

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