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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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