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STATE · CHILDCARE PRICES · COUNTY LEVEL

Childcare costs in Kentucky

MEDIAN · INFANT · CENTER-BASED

$151

per week · Kentucky · 2022 (latest official data)

MEDIAN WEEKLY PRICE · BY AGE & SETTING

Kentucky median weekly childcare price by age group and care setting.
AgeCenter-basedFamily childcare
Infant$151$118
Toddler$134$105
Preschool$134$105
School-age$126$103

MOST EXPENSIVE COUNTY

Pendleton County

$222 /wk · infant, center †

LEAST EXPENSIVE COUNTY

Wayne County

$90 /wk · infant, center †

COUNTIES WITH DATA · INFANT · CENTER-BASED · WEEKLY

Kentucky 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$96 †8.1%
Allen County$142 †10.2%
Anderson County$151 †9.4%
Ballard County$128 †8.8%
Barren County$125 †11.2%
Bath County$113 †9.8%
Bell County$100 †11.6%
Boone County$199 †9.5%
Bourbon County$196 †14.2%
Boyd County$107 †7.7%
Boyle County$181 †13.3%
Bracken County$113 †7.6%
Breathitt County$113 †11.3%
Breckinridge County$169 †13.6%
Bullitt County$151 †9.2%
Butler County$142 †11.7%
Caldwell County$121 †10.3%
Calloway County$111 †7.8%
Campbell County$199 †10.2%
Carlisle County$128 †10.0%
Carroll County$212 †18.1%
Carter County$113 †9.7%
Casey County$96 †10.0%
Christian County$111 †9.8%
Clark County$181 †12.3%
Clay County$106 †12.6%
Clinton County$96 †10.2%
Crittenden County$128 †8.8%
Cumberland County$96 †8.9%
Daviess County$125 †8.1%
Edmonson County$142 †11.1%
Elliott County$113 †9.5%
Estill County$204 †19.5%
Fayette County$184 †10.5%
Fleming County$113 †9.9%
Floyd County$113 †11.0%
Franklin County$135 †8.8%
Fulton County$121 †14.2%
Gallatin County$222 †18.0%
Garrard County$204 †15.5%
Grant County$212 †14.6%
Graves County$111 †8.7%
Grayson County$169 †15.0%
Green County$96 †8.8%
Greenup County$107 †7.7%
Hancock County$142 †9.2%
Hardin County$151 †9.9%
Harlan County$100 †11.5%
Harrison County$212 †15.1%
Hart County$142 †12.5%
Henderson County$125 †9.0%
Henry County$159 †11.6%
Hickman County$128 †8.3%
Hopkins County$121 †9.7%
Jackson County$106 †10.6%
Jefferson County$216 †13.0%
Jessamine County$181 †11.1%
Johnson County$113 †10.4%
Kenton County$199 †10.8%
Knott County$113 †12.9%
Knox County$100 †11.6%
Larue County$169 †12.5%
Laurel County$100 †8.4%
Lawrence County$113 †10.5%
Lee County$113 †15.0%
Leslie County$113 †11.6%
Letcher County$113 †11.2%
Lewis County$113 †11.9%
Lincoln County$204 †18.1%
Livingston County$128 †9.8%
Logan County$142 †10.4%
Lyon County$128 †8.3%
Madison County$181 †12.2%
Magoffin County$113 †14.7%
Marion County$169 †13.1%
Marshall County$128 †8.6%
Martin County$113 †11.5%
Mason County$107 †8.6%
McCracken County$111 †7.5%
McCreary County$96 †12.0%
McLean County$142 †8.6%
Meade County$169 †10.5%
Menifee County$113 †10.5%
Mercer County$195 †12.8%
Metcalfe County$142 †13.1%
Monroe County$142 †12.3%
Montgomery County$107 †8.2%
Morgan County$113 †10.0%
Muhlenberg County$121 †9.1%
Nelson County$161 †10.3%
Nicholas County$222 †17.6%
Ohio County$142 †12.6%
Oldham County$151 †6.0%
Owen County$222 †15.5%
Owsley County$113 †12.2%
Pendleton County$222 †15.3%
Perry County$113 †10.9%
Pike County$113 †10.6%
Powell County$195 †15.0%
Pulaski County$104 †8.8%
Robertson County$113 †10.0%
Rockcastle County$106 †9.5%
Rowan County$107 †8.4%
Russell County$96 †7.8%
Scott County$212 †11.7%
Shelby County$151 †8.3%
Simpson County$135 †10.3%
Spencer County$159 †7.5%
Taylor County$104 †7.1%
Todd County$128 †9.6%
Trigg County$128 †9.8%
Trimble County$159 †11.1%
Union County$135 †10.6%
Warren County$125 †8.1%
Washington County$169 †10.2%
Wayne County$90 †8.4%
Webster County$142 †11.6%
Whitley County$100 †9.8%
Wolfe County$113 †17.0%
Woodford County$151 †8.0%

† Value statistically imputed by DOL.

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