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Child care centers and preschools in Lexington city, VA
The child care centers and preschools in Lexington city, VA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 6
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $952K
- On child care and other personal services · $435 a household
- Spending per listing
- $159K
- 84% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 27.4
- 4.7 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 7,769
- +6.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 child care centers and preschools in Lexington city. None of them are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 27.4, 4.7 times the U.S. rate of 5.8.
At $435 per household (25% below the U.S. average), households in Lexington city spend about $952K a year on child care and other personal services. Spread across 6 child care centers and preschools, that is $159K per center, 84% below the U.S. figure of $1M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as child care services in Lexington city was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 729 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Another 4 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates put the population change in Lexington city from 2020 to 2025 at +6.2%, 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 Lexington 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.
| Measure | Lexington city | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 27.4 | 5.9 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $159K | $1M | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 729 | 1,702 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.4% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.2% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $435 | $602 | $581 |
| Median household income | $84,517 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 62 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 39
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $896K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 60 chain locations
- 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 Lexington 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 Lexington city
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 7,769+6.2% since 2020
- Households
- 2,187
- Median age
- 36.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 54%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 3 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 3,011
- Median household income
- $84,517
- Average household income
- $96,459
- Median home value
- $275,200
- Jobs located here
- 6,124
- Daytime population
- 11,251Residents 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 |
| Lexington city, VA | Not scored | 6 | 27.4 | $159K | +6.2% |
Other business types in Lexington city
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
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 Lexington city, VA?
There are 6 child care centers and preschools on map listings in Lexington city as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Official counts list 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Lexington city, VA spend on child care and other personal services?
About $952K a year, or $435 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $159K per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,187 households in Lexington city and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lexington city, VA compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
Lexington city has 27.4 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 4.7 times the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $159K, 84% below the U.S. figure of $1M. At the national ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Lexington city would have about 1, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 729 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.
How fast is Lexington city, VA growing?
Population estimates put Lexington city at 7,769 people in 2025, up 6.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 2,187 households. The median household income in Lexington city is $84,517 a year, 5% above 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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