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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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