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Child care centers and preschools in Fayette County, WV
How Fayette 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
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $5.1M
- On child care and other personal services · $321 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.3M
- 28% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.5
- 57% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 38,165
- −5.6% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 4 child care centers and preschools in Fayette County. That comes to 2.5 for every 10,000 households, 57% below the U.S. rate of 5.8.
At $321 per household (45% below the U.S. average), households in Fayette County spend about $5.1M a year on child care and other personal services. That is about $1.3M of household spending for each center on map listings, 28% above the U.S. figure of $1M.
Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in Fayette County in 2023. That is one for every 2,278 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Another 37 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $146K have gone to businesses classed as child care services in Fayette County.
Population estimates put the population change in Fayette County from 2020 to 2025 at −5.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 child care centers and preschools on map listings, Fayette County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Fayette 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.
| Measure | Fayette County | West Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.5 | 3.6 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $1M | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,278 | 1,790 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.4% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −5.6% | −1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $321 | $374 | $581 |
| Median household income | $53,194 | $59,608 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 100
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 37Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 40 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
- 2
- Amount
- $146K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as child care services in Fayette 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 Fayette County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 38,165−5.6% since 2020
- Households
- 15,948
- Median age
- 44.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 662 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 60
- Median household income
- $53,194+28.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $68,298
- Median home value
- $105,800
- Jobs located here
- 8,970
- Daytime population
- 33,530Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in West Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Monongalia County, WV | 69 | 17 | 3.8 | $1.2M | +2.0% | #281 of 1,611 |
| 2Jefferson County, WV | 66 | 13 | 5.7 | $1M | +9.2% | #367 of 1,611 |
| 3Berkeley County, WV | 65 | 20 | 3.9 | $1.2M | +13.7% | #392 of 1,611 |
| 4Kanawha County, WV | 52 | 28 | 3.7 | $1M | −4.3% | #764 of 1,611 |
| 5Cabell County, WV | 49 | 15 | 3.8 | $986K | −3.2% | #838 of 1,611 |
| 6Ohio County, WV | 45 | 6 | 3.3 | $1.2M | −4.4% | #947 of 1,611 |
| 7Putnam County, WV | 45 | 13 | 5.6 | $875K | −1.0% | #955 of 1,611 |
| 8Harrison County, WV | 41 | 9 | 3.4 | $1.1M | −2.5% | #1,058 of 1,611 |
| 9Wood County, WV | 40 | 13 | 3.6 | $982K | −2.1% | #1,090 of 1,611 |
| 10Marshall County, WV | 39 | 5 | 4.0 | $859K | −4.4% | #1,122 of 1,611 |
| Fayette County, WV | Not scored | 4 | 2.5 | $1.3M | −5.6% |
Other business types in Fayette 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 Fayette County, WV?
Fayette County has 4 child care centers and preschools on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Official counts list 37 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Fayette County, WV spend on child care and other personal services?
About $5.1M a year, or $321 per household. That is 45% below the U.S. average (an index of 55, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $1.3M per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,948 households in Fayette County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Fayette County, WV compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
Fayette County has 2.5 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 57% below the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $1.3M, 28% above the U.S. figure of $1M. At the national ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Fayette County would have about 5, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,278 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.
How fast is Fayette County, WV growing?
Population estimates put Fayette County at 38,165 people in 2025, down 5.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 15,948 households. The median household income in Fayette County is $53,194 a year, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.5% 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. Fayette County has no market score for child care centers and preschools: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
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