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Child care centers and preschools in Southampton County, VA
How Southampton County, 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
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has none.
- Listings
- 0
- None on the map
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $2.7M
- On child care and other personal services · $390 a household
- Spending per listing
- n/a
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.0
- Population, 2025
- 18,110
- +0.9% since 2020
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What this means
There are no child care centers and preschools on map listings in Southampton County as of September 2026. At the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Southampton County would have about 3, against none on map listings.
Household spending on child care and other personal services in Southampton County comes to about $2.7M a year: $390 per household, 33% below the U.S. average.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as child care services in Southampton County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 17 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Southampton County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With no child care centers and preschools on map listings, Southampton County isn’t given a market score for them.
How Southampton 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 | Southampton County | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.0 | 5.9 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | n/a | $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 | +0.9% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $390 | $602 | $581 |
| Median household income | $70,795 | $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
- 17Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 0
- 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 Southampton 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 Southampton County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 18,110+0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 6,868
- Median age
- 47.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 599 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 30
- Median household income
- $70,795+15.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,838
- Median home value
- $216,200
- Jobs located here
- 3,775
- Daytime population
- 14,076Residents 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 |
| Southampton County, VA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +0.9% |
Other business types in Southampton 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 Southampton County, VA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show no child care centers and preschools in Southampton County. The listings count day care centers and preschools. No official count is published for child care services in Southampton County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 17 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Southampton County, VA spend on child care and other personal services?
About $2.7M a year, or $390 per household. That is 33% below the U.S. average (an index of 67, where 100 is the U.S. average). It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,868 households in Southampton County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Southampton County, VA compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
Southampton County has no child care centers and preschools on map listings. At the national ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Southampton County would have about 3, against none on map listings.
How fast is Southampton County, VA growing?
Population estimates put Southampton County at 18,110 people in 2025, up 0.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,868 households. The median household income in Southampton County is $70,795 a year, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 15.4% 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. Southampton County has no market score for child care centers and preschools, having none on map listings.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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