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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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