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STATE · CHILDCARE PRICES · COUNTY LEVEL

Childcare costs in Tennessee

MEDIAN · INFANT · CENTER-BASED

$212

per week · Tennessee · 2022 (latest official data)

MEDIAN WEEKLY PRICE · BY AGE & SETTING

Tennessee median weekly childcare price by age group and care setting.
AgeCenter-basedFamily childcare
Infant$212$155
Toddler$146$128
Preschool$146$128
School-age$76$105

MOST EXPENSIVE COUNTY

Wilson County

$212 /wk · infant, center †

LEAST EXPENSIVE COUNTY

Decatur County

$112 /wk · infant, center †

COUNTIES WITH DATA · INFANT · CENTER-BASED · WEEKLY

Tennessee counties with published prices

Counties with childcare price data, sortable by name, infant center-based weekly price, and share of median family income.
Anderson County$212 †14.6%
Bedford County$131 †9.6%
Benton County$131 †10.4%
Bledsoe County$131 †11.4%
Blount County$212 †12.9%
Bradley County$212 †14.6%
Campbell County$131 †11.1%
Cannon County$131 †9.6%
Carroll County$131 †9.9%
Carter County$131 †11.0%
Cheatham County$212 †12.6%
Chester County$131 †10.6%
Claiborne County$131 †10.8%
Clay County$131 †11.9%
Cocke County$131 †13.4%
Coffee County$131 †9.9%
Crockett County$131 †9.5%
Cumberland County$131 †10.2%
Davidson County$212 †12.0%
Decatur County$112 †9.1%
DeKalb County$131 †11.0%
Dickson County$131 †8.4%
Dyer County$131 †10.3%
Fayette County$212 †11.4%
Fentress County$131 †12.4%
Franklin County$131 †9.4%
Gibson County$131 †9.8%
Giles County$131 †9.1%
Grainger County$131 †11.3%
Greene County$212 †16.4%
Grundy County$131 †12.2%
Hamblen County$131 †9.9%
Hamilton County$212 †12.1%
Hancock County$131 †14.9%
Hardeman County$131 †10.9%
Hardin County$131 †12.9%
Hawkins County$131 †10.6%
Haywood County$131 †11.5%
Henderson County$131 †10.1%
Henry County$212 †17.5%
Hickman County$131 †10.5%
Houston County$131 †9.3%
Humphreys County$131 †9.8%
Jackson County$131 †10.5%
Jefferson County$131 †9.1%
Johnson County$131 †11.0%
Knox County$212 †12.3%
Lake County$131 †15.1%
Lauderdale County$131 †12.2%
Lawrence County$131 †10.3%
Lewis County$131 †11.0%
Lincoln County$131 †8.3%
Loudon County$212 †12.6%
Macon County$131 †10.0%
Madison County$212 †15.3%
Marion County$131 †10.2%
Marshall County$131 †8.7%
Maury County$212 †13.2%
McMinn County$131 †9.8%
McNairy County$131 †11.2%
Meigs County$131 †10.1%
Monroe County$131 †9.9%
Montgomery County$212 †13.7%
Moore County$131 †8.3%
Morgan County$131 †10.3%
Obion County$131 †10.3%
Overton County$131 †10.2%
Perry County$131 †11.0%
Pickett County$131 †12.0%
Polk County$131 †9.7%
Putnam County$212 †15.8%
Rhea County$131 †11.2%
Roane County$131 †8.3%
Robertson County$212 †12.6%
Rutherford County$212 †12.2%
Scott County$131 †14.0%
Sequatchie County$131 †10.8%
Sevier County$212 †15.2%
Shelby County$212 †14.2%
Smith County$131 †9.5%
Stewart County$131 †8.4%
Sullivan County$212 †15.4%
Sumner County$212 †11.2%
Tipton County$131 †8.5%
Trousdale County$131 †10.3%
Unicoi County$131 †10.2%
Union County$131 †10.7%
Van Buren County$131 †11.1%
Warren County$131 †10.6%
Washington County$212 †14.0%
Wayne County$131 †10.8%
Weakley County$131 †10.5%
White County$131 †10.9%
Williamson County$212 †7.5%
Wilson County$212 †10.5%

† Value statistically imputed by DOL.

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