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Child care centers and preschools in Taylor County, WV

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for child care centers and preschools in Taylor County, WV, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has none.

Listings
0
None on the map
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$2.4M
On child care and other personal services · $365 a household
Spending per listing
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
Population, 2025
16,287
−2.4% 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 Taylor County as of September 2026. At the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Taylor County would have about 2, against none on map listings.

Household spending on child care and other personal services in Taylor County comes to about $2.4M a year: $365 per household, 37% below the U.S. average.

In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Taylor County classed as child care services. That is one for every 2,201 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Official counts list 24 one-person businesses without payroll.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Taylor County declined 2.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With no child care centers and preschools on map listings, Taylor County isn’t given a market score for them.

How Taylor 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 Taylor County, WV compared with West Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureTaylor CountyWest VirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.03.65.8
Spending per listingn/a$1M$1M
Households per official establishment2,2011,7901,573
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+9.4%+5.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.4%−1.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on child care and other personal services$365$374$581
Median household income$57,795$59,608$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored43

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 3
Employees, 2023
39
Annual payroll, 2023
$895K
One-person businesses, 2023
24Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
0
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2The 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 Taylor 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 Taylor County

Population, 2025 estimate
16,287−2.4% since 2020
Households
6,604
Median age
43.0
Homes lived in by their owners
84%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
173 sq. mi.
People per square mile
95
Median household income
$57,795+19.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$76,818
Median home value
$148,800
Jobs located here
3,443
Daytime population
13,310Residents 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 Taylor 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
Taylor County, WVNot scored00.0n/a−2.4%

Other business types in Taylor County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many child care centers and preschools are in Taylor County, WV?

Map listings as of September 2026 show no child care centers and preschools in Taylor County. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Official counts also show 24 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $2.4M a year, or $365 per household. That is 37% below the U.S. average (an index of 63, where 100 is the U.S. average). It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,604 households in Taylor County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Taylor County has no child care centers and preschools on map listings. At the national ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Taylor County would have about 2, against none on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,201 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.

How fast is Taylor County, WV growing?

Population estimates put Taylor County at 16,287 people in 2025, down 2.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,604 households. The median household income in Taylor County is $57,795 a year, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 19.0% 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. Taylor 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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How the score works · Top markets for child care centers and preschools · All 56 business types in Taylor County

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