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STATE · CHILDCARE PRICES · COUNTY LEVEL

Childcare costs in North Carolina

MEDIAN · INFANT · CENTER-BASED

$203

per week · North Carolina · 2022 (latest official data)

MEDIAN WEEKLY PRICE · BY AGE & SETTING

North Carolina median weekly childcare price by age group and care setting.
AgeCenter-basedFamily childcare
Infant$203$174
Toddler$169$146
Preschool$134$146
School-age$90$100

MOST EXPENSIVE COUNTY

Orange County

$355 /wk · infant, center †

LEAST EXPENSIVE COUNTY

Alleghany County

$109 /wk · infant, center †

COUNTIES WITH DATA · INFANT · CENTER-BASED · WEEKLY

North Carolina counties with published prices

Counties with childcare price data, sortable by name, infant center-based weekly price, and share of median family income.
Alamance County$145 †9.7%
Alexander County$159 †11.3%
Alleghany County$109 †9.9%
Anson County$159 †13.7%
Ashe County$169 †14.0%
Avery County$238 †17.4%
Beaufort County$185 †13.8%
Bertie County$164 †14.3%
Bladen County$109 †10.4%
Brunswick County$184 †11.2%
Buncombe County$191 †11.7%
Burke County$181 †14.1%
Cabarrus County$258 †13.5%
Caldwell County$164 †12.7%
Camden County$181 †10.6%
Carteret County$199 †12.0%
Caswell County$203 †15.8%
Catawba County$183 †12.9%
Chatham County$228 †11.3%
Cherokee County$209 †17.8%
Chowan County$131 †10.0%
Clay County$209 †14.5%
Cleveland County$159 †12.9%
Columbus County$139 †12.9%
Craven County$200 †13.4%
Cumberland County$183 †14.4%
Currituck County$172 †8.9%
Dare County$230 †11.7%
Davidson County$181 †12.9%
Davie County$208 †12.6%
Duplin County$131 †10.7%
Durham County$317 †17.2%
Edgecombe County$190 †18.0%
Forsyth County$203 †13.3%
Franklin County$200 †12.6%
Gaston County$148 †9.8%
Gates County$209 †15.6%
Graham County——
Granville County$200 †12.8%
Greene County$129 †10.9%
Guilford County$227 †14.6%
Halifax County$174 †16.7%
Harnett County$197 †13.1%
Haywood County$203 †13.5%
Henderson County$195 †12.4%
Hertford County$155 †13.4%
Hoke County$150 †11.0%
Hyde County$170 †17.3%
Iredell County$223 †13.4%
Jackson County$181 †13.2%
Johnston County$216 †12.1%
Jones County$131 †9.9%
Lee County$145 †11.2%
Lenoir County$170 †15.6%
Lincoln County$197 †11.6%
Macon County$178 †13.6%
Madison County$149 †9.5%
Martin County$182 †15.8%
McDowell County$164 †13.0%
Mecklenburg County$284 †14.7%
Mitchell County$149 †10.8%
Montgomery County$181 †15.0%
Moore County$189 †10.3%
Nash County$157 †11.8%
New Hanover County$223 †12.5%
Northampton County$195 †17.1%
Onslow County$203 †15.7%
Orange County$355 †15.1%
Pamlico County$183 †12.1%
Pasquotank County$159 †10.7%
Pender County$199 †11.5%
Perquimans County$197 †13.4%
Person County$170 †12.0%
Pitt County$208 †14.6%
Polk County$181 †12.1%
Randolph County$191 †14.7%
Richmond County$137 †12.1%
Robeson County$148 †15.2%
Rockingham County$137 †11.1%
Rowan County$199 †14.1%
Rutherford County$161 †13.4%
Sampson County$137 †11.2%
Scotland County$142 †14.2%
Stanly County$186 †12.3%
Stokes County$170 †12.8%
Surry County$176 †12.7%
Swain County$154 †11.0%
Transylvania County$188 †12.6%
Tyrrell County$109 †9.6%
Union County$248 †11.6%
Vance County$161 †14.3%
Wake County$307 †13.1%
Warren County$137 †12.8%
Washington County$154 †13.6%
Watauga County$180 †10.9%
Wayne County$153 †11.8%
Wilkes County$183 †15.7%
Wilson County$175 †13.2%
Yadkin County$137 †9.8%
Yancey County$195 †14.2%

† Value statistically imputed by DOL.

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