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STATE · CHILDCARE PRICES · COUNTY LEVEL

Childcare costs in South Carolina

MEDIAN · INFANT · CENTER-BASED

$199

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

MEDIAN WEEKLY PRICE · BY AGE & SETTING

South Carolina median weekly childcare price by age group and care setting.
AgeCenter-basedFamily childcare
Infant$199$138
Toddler$185$138
Preschool$181$133
School-age$138$89

MOST EXPENSIVE COUNTY

Lancaster County

$222 /wk · infant, center †

LEAST EXPENSIVE COUNTY

Barnwell County

$94 /wk · infant, center †

COUNTIES WITH DATA · INFANT · CENTER-BASED · WEEKLY

South Carolina counties with published prices

Counties with childcare price data, sortable by name, infant center-based weekly price, and share of median family income.
Abbeville County$117 †9.2%
Aiken County$199 †13.1%
Allendale County$113 †11.2%
Anderson County$199 †13.6%
Bamberg County$113 †9.9%
Barnwell County$94 †7.7%
Beaufort County$199 †11.0%
Berkeley County$199 †11.7%
Calhoun County$117 †7.9%
Charleston County$202 †10.0%
Cherokee County$113 †9.1%
Chester County$117 †10.2%
Chesterfield County$117 †10.2%
Clarendon County$117 †9.1%
Colleton County$117 †10.4%
Darlington County$111 †9.6%
Dillon County$111 †12.0%
Dorchester County$199 †11.3%
Edgefield County$117 †8.0%
Fairfield County$117 †10.3%
Florence County$199 †14.0%
Georgetown County$222 †16.2%
Greenville County$202 †11.8%
Greenwood County$222 †18.0%
Hampton County$117 †11.7%
Horry County$199 †14.3%
Jasper County$111 †8.5%
Kershaw County$111 †7.6%
Lancaster County$222 †13.2%
Laurens County$111 †8.8%
Lee County$117 †12.0%
Lexington County$199 †12.1%
Marion County$113 †12.7%
Marlboro County$113 †12.4%
McCormick County$117 †8.0%
Newberry County$111 †8.3%
Oconee County$111 †7.9%
Orangeburg County$111 †10.7%
Pickens County$199 †13.5%
Richland County$202 †12.8%
Saluda County$117 †9.9%
Spartanburg County$199 †13.8%
Sumter County$199 †15.3%
Union County$111 †9.9%
Williamsburg County$117 †10.9%
York County$199 †10.1%

† Value statistically imputed by DOL.

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