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Childcare costs in Iowa

MEDIAN · INFANT · CENTER-BASED

$166

per week · Iowa · 2022 (latest official data)

MEDIAN WEEKLY PRICE · BY AGE & SETTING

Iowa median weekly childcare price by age group and care setting.
AgeCenter-basedFamily childcare
Infant$166$111
Toddler$143$110
Preschool$143$110
School-age$114$106

MOST EXPENSIVE COUNTY

Dallas County

$185 /wk · infant, center *

LEAST EXPENSIVE COUNTY

Floyd County

$148 /wk · infant, center *

COUNTIES WITH DATA · INFANT · CENTER-BASED · WEEKLY

Iowa counties with published prices

Counties with childcare price data, sortable by name, infant center-based weekly price, and share of median family income.
Adair County$159 *9.5%
Adams County$163 *10.3%
Allamakee County$159 *10.6%
Appanoose County$155 *13.4%
Audubon County$159 *11.0%
Benton County$163 *8.9%
Black Hawk County$168 *10.5%
Boone County$163 *8.6%
Bremer County$159 *8.4%
Buchanan County$159 *9.5%
Buena Vista County$157 *9.4%
Butler County$161 *10.4%
Calhoun County$158 *10.3%
Carroll County$153 *8.8%
Cass County$152 *9.5%
Cedar County$167 *9.2%
Cerro Gordo County$159 *9.6%
Cherokee County$150 *8.6%
Chickasaw County$161 *10.1%
Clarke County$153 *11.2%
Clay County$156 *9.6%
Clayton County$160 *10.4%
Clinton County$158 *10.2%
Crawford County$154 *10.9%
Dallas County$185 *7.4%
Davis County$167 *9.7%
Decatur County$152 *11.9%
Delaware County$161 *9.2%
Des Moines County$163 *11.0%
Dickinson County$165 *8.9%
Dubuque County$166 *9.2%
Emmet County$154 *10.5%
Fayette County$162 *11.9%
Floyd County$148 *8.9%
Franklin County$153 *11.0%
Fremont County$159 *9.8%
Greene County$160 *10.3%
Grundy County$162 *8.9%
Guthrie County$164 *9.3%
Hamilton County$161 *10.3%
Hancock County$163 *10.3%
Hardin County$161 *10.4%
Harrison County$166 *9.7%
Henry County$154 *9.9%
Howard County$153 *9.8%
Humboldt County$151 *9.7%
Ida County$154 *10.0%
Iowa County$160 *9.2%
Jackson County$155 *9.4%
Jasper County$160 *10.2%
Jefferson County$160 *12.2%
Johnson County$177 *8.2%
Jones County$153 *8.9%
Keokuk County$160 *10.7%
Kossuth County$160 *10.4%
Lee County$157 *10.9%
Linn County$166 *9.0%
Louisa County$161 *10.0%
Lucas County$157 *10.5%
Lyon County$163 *9.8%
Madison County$169 *8.3%
Mahaska County$157 *10.1%
Marion County$162 *9.4%
Marshall County$161 *9.8%
Mills County$163 *8.4%
Mitchell County$154 *9.0%
Monona County$161 *11.0%
Monroe County$155 *9.0%
Montgomery County$154 *10.5%
Muscatine County$167 *10.6%
O'Brien County$152 *8.8%
Osceola County$159 *10.3%
Page County$155 *11.1%
Palo Alto County$149 *9.0%
Plymouth County$161 *8.9%
Pocahontas County$160 *10.1%
Polk County$177 *9.3%
Pottawattamie County$168 *10.4%
Poweshiek County$161 *9.3%
Ringgold County$158 *9.7%
Sac County$153 *9.1%
Scott County$168 *9.2%
Shelby County$164 *9.5%
Sioux County$160 *8.7%
Story County$170 *8.1%
Tama County$166 *11.0%
Taylor County$154 *10.4%
Union County$153 *10.1%
Van Buren County$155 *11.4%
Wapello County$165 *12.8%
Warren County$169 *8.2%
Washington County$162 *9.8%
Wayne County$153 *10.2%
Webster County$156 *9.8%
Winnebago County$151 *9.1%
Winneshiek County$157 *9.3%
Woodbury County$166 *10.0%
Worth County$157 *9.3%
Wright County$154 *11.0%

* Value statistically imputed by DOL.

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