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Childcare costs in Illinois

MEDIAN · INFANT · CENTER-BASED

$278

per week · Illinois · 2022 (latest official data)

MEDIAN WEEKLY PRICE · BY AGE & SETTING

Illinois median weekly childcare price by age group and care setting.
AgeCenter-basedFamily childcare
Infant$278$208
Toddler$220$194
Preschool$189$176
School-age$81$52

MOST EXPENSIVE COUNTY

DuPage County

$374 /wk · infant, center *

LEAST EXPENSIVE COUNTY

Hamilton County

$131 /wk · infant, center *

COUNTIES WITH DATA · INFANT · CENTER-BASED · WEEKLY

Illinois counties with published prices

Counties with childcare price data, sortable by name, infant center-based weekly price, and share of median family income.
Adams County$214 *13.3%
Alexander County——
Bond County$191 *12.1%
Boone County$288 *14.7%
Brown County——
Bureau County$207 *13.3%
Calhoun County——
Carroll County——
Cass County——
Champaign County$309 *17.0%
Christian County$155 *10.3%
Clark County——
Clay County——
Clinton County$184 *9.9%
Coles County$173 *13.1%
Cook County$278 *14.8%
Crawford County——
Cumberland County——
De Witt County——
DeKalb County$293 *16.6%
Douglas County——
DuPage County$374 *14.8%
Edgar County——
Edwards County——
Effingham County$151 *8.8%
Fayette County$154 *11.4%
Ford County——
Franklin County$191 *15.5%
Fulton County$184 *13.1%
Gallatin County——
Greene County——
Grundy County$264 *12.7%
Hamilton County$131 *8.8%
Hancock County——
Hardin County——
Henderson County——
Henry County$227 *13.6%
Iroquois County——
Jackson County$264 *18.7%
Jasper County——
Jefferson County$244 *17.5%
Jersey County——
Jo Daviess County——
Johnson County——
Kane County$328 *15.2%
Kankakee County$202 *12.6%
Kendall County$286 *13.0%
Knox County$311 *21.4%
Lake County$305 *12.5%
LaSalle County$264 *16.4%
Lawrence County——
Lee County$244 *15.0%
Livingston County$177 *10.8%
Logan County——
Macon County$231 *14.7%
Macoupin County$197 *12.8%
Madison County$288 *16.4%
Marion County$165 *11.4%
Marshall County——
Mason County——
Massac County——
McDonough County$163 *11.2%
McHenry County$316 *14.1%
McLean County$314 *15.5%
Menard County$190 *10.2%
Mercer County$184 *11.4%
Monroe County$201 *8.4%
Montgomery County$191 *12.1%
Morgan County$226 *14.4%
Moultrie County$191 *11.0%
Ogle County$255 *14.5%
Peoria County$279 *16.9%
Perry County$177 *14.0%
Piatt County——
Pike County——
Pope County——
Pulaski County——
Putnam County——
Randolph County$231 *14.8%
Richland County——
Rock Island County$282 *17.6%
Saline County$224 *16.7%
Sangamon County$196 *10.6%
Schuyler County——
Scott County——
Shelby County——
St. Clair County$238 *13.9%
Stark County——
Stephenson County——
Tazewell County$280 *15.5%
Union County——
Vermilion County$177 *13.1%
Wabash County——
Warren County——
Washington County——
Wayne County$264 *19.5%
White County$264 *18.9%
Whiteside County$236 *15.3%
Will County$304 *13.2%
Williamson County$264 *17.2%
Winnebago County$282 *18.7%
Woodford County$267 *13.9%

* Value statistically imputed by DOL.

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