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Child care centers and preschools in Calhoun County, WV

How Calhoun County, WV 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
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$770K
On child care and other personal services · $305 a household
Spending per listing
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
Population, 2025
5,978
−3.6% 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

There are no child care centers and preschools on map listings in Calhoun County as of September 2026. At the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Calhoun County would have about 1, against none on map listings.

Households in Calhoun County spend about $770K a year on child care and other personal services, or $305 per household, 47% below the U.S. average.

Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in Calhoun County in 2023. That is one for every 842 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Calhoun County declined 3.6% from 2020 to 2025, 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 Calhoun County compares

The same measures for West 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 Calhoun County, WV compared with West Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureCalhoun CountyWest VirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.03.65.8
Spending per listingn/a$1M$1M
Households per official establishment8421,7901,573
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+9.4%+5.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.6%−1.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on child care and other personal services$305$374$581
Median household income$43,980$59,608$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored43

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
9
Annual payroll, 2023
$306K
One-person businesses, 2023
0Businesses 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 Calhoun 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 Calhoun County

Population, 2025 estimate
5,978−3.6% since 2020
Households
2,525
Median age
48.9
Homes lived in by their owners
87%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
279 sq. mi.
People per square mile
22
Median household income
$43,980
Average household income
$70,554
Median home value
$100,500
Jobs located here
1,288
Daytime population
5,253Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Child care and preschools across West Virginia

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

Top counties in West Virginia

Counties in West Virginia ranked for child care centers and preschools by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Monongalia County, WV69173.8$1.2M+2.0%#281 of 1,611
2Jefferson County, WV66135.7$1M+9.2%#367 of 1,611
3Berkeley County, WV65203.9$1.2M+13.7%#392 of 1,611
4Kanawha County, WV52283.7$1M−4.3%#764 of 1,611
5Cabell County, WV49153.8$986K−3.2%#838 of 1,611
6Ohio County, WV4563.3$1.2M−4.4%#947 of 1,611
7Putnam County, WV45135.6$875K−1.0%#955 of 1,611
8Harrison County, WV4193.4$1.1M−2.5%#1,058 of 1,611
9Wood County, WV40133.6$982K−2.1%#1,090 of 1,611
10Marshall County, WV3954.0$859K−4.4%#1,122 of 1,611
Calhoun County, WVNot scored00.0n/a−3.6%

Other business types in Calhoun County

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 Calhoun County, WV?

Map listings as of September 2026 show no child care centers and preschools in Calhoun County. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023.

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

About $770K a year, or $305 per household. That is 47% below the U.S. average (an index of 53, where 100 is the U.S. average). It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,525 households in Calhoun County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Calhoun County has no child care centers and preschools on map listings. At the national ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Calhoun County would have about 1, against none on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 842 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.

How fast is Calhoun County, WV growing?

Population estimates put Calhoun County at 5,978 people in 2025, down 3.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 2,525 households. The median household income in Calhoun County is $43,980 a year, 46% 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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How the score works · Top markets for child care centers and preschools · All 56 business types in Calhoun County

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