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Child care centers and preschools in Oneida County, WI

How Oneida County, WI compares with other counties and the U.S. for child care centers and preschools: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 34 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,259 of 1,611 scored counties
#41 of 45 scored counties in Wisconsin

Listings
14
1 chain location (7%)
Official establishments
8
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$6.4M
On child care and other personal services · $366 a household
Spending per listing
$457K
54% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.0
38% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
38,131
+0.7% 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

For child care centers and preschools, Oneida County has a Groundwork market score of 34 (lower middle): #1,259 of 1,611 scored counties and #41 of 45 scored counties in Wisconsin. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

As of September 2026, map listings count 14 child care centers and preschools in Oneida County. One of them (7%) is a chain location, against 12% across the U.S. That comes to 8.0 for every 10,000 households, 38% above the U.S. rate of 5.8.

Household spending on child care and other personal services in Oneida County comes to about $6.4M a year: $366 per household, 37% below the U.S. average. That is about $457K of household spending for each center on map listings, 54% below the U.S. figure of $1M.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as child care services in Oneida County was 8 in 2023. That is one for every 2,187 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $741K have gone to businesses classed as child care services in Oneida County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Oneida County grew 0.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Oneida County compares

The same measures for Wisconsin 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 Oneida County, WI compared with Wisconsin and the U.S.
MeasureOneida CountyWisconsinU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.05.15.8
Spending per listing$457K$832K$1M
Households per official establishment2,1871,5611,573
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+0.3%+5.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.7%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on child care and other personal services$366$422$581
Median household income$69,371$77,485$80,734
Groundwork market score3435

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
10 → 8
Employees, 2023
77
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
32Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
141 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
6The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$741K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as child care services in Oneida 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 Oneida County

Population, 2025 estimate
38,131+0.7% since 2020
Households
17,493
Median age
51.4
Homes lived in by their owners
82%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
1,114 sq. mi.
People per square mile
34
Median household income
$69,371+22.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$91,420
Median home value
$238,400
Jobs located here
15,222
Daytime population
35,656Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Child care and preschools across Wisconsin

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

Top counties in Wisconsin

Counties in Wisconsin ranked for child care centers and preschools by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Washington County, WI74183.2$1.6M+1.8%#169 of 1,611
2Door County, WI7153.3$1.2M+1.6%#232 of 1,611
3Fond du Lac County, WI70102.3$1.7M+0.5%#250 of 1,611
4Walworth County, WI70133.0$1.5M+0.8%#251 of 1,611
5Marathon County, WI69122.1$1.9M+1.0%#271 of 1,611
6Sauk County, WI6972.5$1.6M+1.3%#274 of 1,611
7Manitowoc County, WI6982.3$1.6M+0.4%#275 of 1,611
8Outagamie County, WI69303.8$1.2M+2.6%#287 of 1,611
9Pierce County, WI6774.4$1.1M+3.1%#340 of 1,611
10St. Croix County, WI67215.6$987K+4.7%#342 of 1,611
41Oneida County, WI34148.0$457K+0.7%#1,259 of 1,611

Other business types in Oneida 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 Oneida County, WI?

Oneida County has 14 child care centers and preschools on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (7%) is a chain location. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Another 32 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $6.4M a year, or $366 per household. That is 37% below the U.S. average (an index of 63, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $457K per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 17,493 households in Oneida County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Oneida County has 8.0 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 38% above the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $457K, 54% below the U.S. figure of $1M. At the national ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Oneida County would have about 6, against 14 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,187 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.

How fast is Oneida County, WI growing?

Population estimates put Oneida County at 38,131 people in 2025, up 0.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,493 households. The median household income in Oneida County is $69,371 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.0% 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. Oneida County scores 34 for child care centers and preschools (lower middle), #1,259 of 1,611 scored counties.

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