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Child care centers and preschools in Norton city, VA
How Norton 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
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $466K
- On child care and other personal services · $290 a household
- Spending per listing
- $233K
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.5
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 3,477
- −5.5% since 2020
See the child care centers and preschools around any address in Norton city
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 2 child care centers and preschools in Norton city. That is 12.5 per 10,000 households.
Households in Norton city spend about $466K a year on child care and other personal services, or $290 per household, 50% below the U.S. average. That is about $233K of household spending for each center on map listings.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as child care services in Norton city: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Norton city declined 5.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Norton 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 | Norton city | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.5 | 5.9 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $233K | $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 | −5.5% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $290 | $602 | $581 |
| Median household income | $41,495 | $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
- 3Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 20 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 Norton 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 Norton city
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 3,477−5.5% since 2020
- Households
- 1,605
- Median age
- 41.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 50%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.5
- Land area
- 8 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 478
- Median household income
- $41,495
- Average household income
- $57,082
- Median home value
- $110,000
- Jobs located here
- 3,466
- Daytime population
- 5,546Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Virginia market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Virginia for child care centers and preschools, numbered among those based in Virginia, with Norton city marked.
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 |
| Norton city, VA | Not scored | 2 | 12.5 | $233K | −5.5% |
Other business types in Norton 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 Norton city, VA?
Norton city has 2 child care centers and preschools on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count day care centers and preschools. No official count is published for child care services in Norton city: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Norton city, VA spend on child care and other personal services?
About $466K a year, or $290 per household. That is 50% below the U.S. average (an index of 50, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $233K per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,605 households in Norton city and national spending patterns by income.
How does Norton city, VA compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
Norton city has 2 child care centers and preschools 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, Norton city would have about 1, against 2 on map listings.
How fast is Norton city, VA growing?
Population estimates put Norton city at 3,477 people in 2025, down 5.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 1,605 households. The median household income in Norton city is $41,495 a year, 49% 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.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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