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Child care centers and preschools in Halifax County, VA

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for child care centers and preschools in Halifax County, VA, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$4.5M
On child care and other personal services · $331 a household
Spending per listing
$4.5M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.7
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
33,447
−1.4% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 child care center or preschool in Halifax County. That is 0.7 per 10,000 households.

Households in Halifax County spend about $4.5M a year on child care and other personal services, or $331 per household, 43% below the U.S. average. That works out to $4.5M per center.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as child care services in Halifax County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 61 one-person businesses without payroll.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Halifax County declined 1.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 child care center or preschool on map listings, Halifax County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Halifax 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.

Child care and preschools in Halifax County, VA compared with Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureHalifax CountyVirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.75.95.8
Spending per listing$4.5M$1M$1M
Households per official establishmentn/a1,7021,573
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+0.4%+5.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.4%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on child care and other personal services$331$602$581
Median household income$52,013$93,170$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored62

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
61Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
10 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
5The 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 Halifax 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 Halifax County

Population, 2025 estimate
33,447−1.4% since 2020
Households
13,613
Median age
45.9
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
818 sq. mi.
People per square mile
41
Median household income
$52,013+21.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$68,018
Median home value
$155,700
Jobs located here
11,938
Daytime population
29,978Residents 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 Halifax County 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
Halifax County, VANot scored10.7$4.5M−1.4%

Other business types in Halifax County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many child care centers and preschools are in Halifax County, VA?

There is 1 child care center or preschool on map listings in Halifax County as of September 2026. The listings count day care centers and preschools. No official count is published for child care services in Halifax County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 61 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $4.5M a year, or $331 per household. That is 43% below the U.S. average (an index of 57, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 child care center or preschool on map listings, it comes to $4.5M per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 13,613 households in Halifax County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Halifax County has 1 child care center or preschool on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Halifax County would have about 5, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is Halifax County, VA growing?

Population estimates put Halifax County at 33,447 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 13,613 households. The median household income in Halifax County is $52,013 a year, 36% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.9% 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. Halifax 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?

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How the score works · Top markets for child care centers and preschools · All 56 business types in Halifax County

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