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STATE · CHILDCARE PRICES · COUNTY LEVEL

Childcare costs in Virginia

MEDIAN · INFANT · CENTER-BASED

$237

per week · Virginia · 2022 (latest official data)

MEDIAN WEEKLY PRICE · BY AGE & SETTING

Virginia median weekly childcare price by age group and care setting.
AgeCenter-basedFamily childcare
Infant$237$177
Toddler$191$153
Preschool$187$152
School-age$155$143

MOST EXPENSIVE COUNTY

Arlington County

$559 /wk · infant, center †

LEAST EXPENSIVE COUNTY

Buchanan County

$119 /wk · infant, center †

COUNTIES WITH DATA · INFANT · CENTER-BASED · WEEKLY

Virginia counties with published prices

Counties with childcare price data, sortable by name, infant center-based weekly price, and share of median family income.
Accomack County$190 †14.2%
Albemarle County$269 †11.0%
Alexandria city$453 †15.7%
Alleghany County$159 †12.0%
Amelia County$160 †9.7%
Amherst County$149 †9.1%
Appomattox County$143 †9.6%
Arlington County$559 †15.5%
Augusta County$195 †11.2%
Bath County$178 †12.3%
Bedford County$196 †11.7%
Bland County$142 †11.0%
Botetourt County$173 †9.7%
Bristol city$129 †9.4%
Brunswick County$147 †13.0%
Buchanan County$119 †13.2%
Buckingham County$134 †9.1%
Buena Vista city$170 †15.9%
Campbell County$139 †9.7%
Caroline County$234 †12.6%
Carroll County$119 †10.0%
Charles City County$193 †11.4%
Charlotte County$150 †11.1%
Charlottesville city$274 †13.5%
Chesapeake city$237 †11.2%
Chesterfield County$279 †12.8%
Clarke County$223 †8.7%
Colonial Heights city$303 †17.4%
Covington city$144 †13.1%
Craig County$154 †9.1%
Culpeper County$217 †10.9%
Cumberland County$150 †11.4%
Danville city$139 †13.3%
Dickenson County$119 †11.9%
Dinwiddie County$195 †10.9%
Emporia city$193 †18.5%
Essex County$196 †16.2%
Fairfax city$345 †10.6%
Fairfax County$345 †10.4%
Falls Church city$429 †10.8%
Fauquier County$276 †10.2%
Floyd County$173 †11.7%
Fluvanna County$195 †9.9%
Franklin city$204 †14.7%
Franklin County$173 †11.1%
Frederick County$217 †10.6%
Fredericksburg city$235 †10.0%
Galax city$119 †9.8%
Giles County$173 †12.6%
Gloucester County$210 †10.9%
Goochland County$294 †12.2%
Grayson County$119 †10.5%
Greene County$172 †9.8%
Greensville County$175 †12.9%
Halifax County$134 †10.4%
Hampton city$216 †14.1%
Hanover County$243 †10.2%
Harrisonburg city$188 †13.8%
Henrico County$263 †12.4%
Henry County$129 †11.0%
Highland County$191 †14.6%
Hopewell city$210 †18.5%
Isle of Wight County$189 †8.8%
James City County$227 †9.8%
King and Queen County$210 †11.7%
King George County$188 †8.4%
King William County$183 †10.2%
Lancaster County$210 †12.8%
Lee County$119 †10.8%
Lexington city$189 †9.5%
Loudoun County$366 †10.0%
Louisa County$191 †10.7%
Lunenburg County$134 †10.1%
Lynchburg city$155 †11.3%
Madison County$253 †14.3%
Manassas city$258 †10.9%
Manassas Park city$418 †22.3%
Martinsville city$129 †12.8%
Mathews County$175 †9.9%
Mecklenburg County$160 †12.0%
Middlesex County$210 †12.3%
Montgomery County$186 †10.0%
Nelson County$185 †11.3%
New Kent County$183 †7.7%
Newport News city$227 †15.3%
Norfolk city$247 †16.8%
Northampton County$190 †13.1%
Northumberland County$210 †13.1%
Norton city$119 †10.3%
Nottoway County$134 †8.6%
Orange County$235 †12.1%
Page County$191 †13.7%
Patrick County$159 †11.9%
Petersburg city$173 †14.4%
Pittsylvania County$154 †12.3%
Poquoson city$235 †10.1%
Portsmouth city$254 †19.9%
Powhatan County$208 †8.9%
Prince Edward County$149 †10.0%
Prince George County$195 †11.5%
Prince William County$312 †12.0%
Pulaski County$173 †11.8%
Radford city$144 †8.5%
Rappahannock County$244 †12.5%
Richmond city$308 †20.2%
Richmond County$195 †12.5%
Roanoke city$233 †18.3%
Roanoke County$253 †13.1%
Rockbridge County$189 †12.8%
Rockingham County$195 †11.4%
Russell County$119 †9.8%
Salem city$233 †13.9%
Scott County$119 †9.9%
Shenandoah County$154 †10.5%
Smyth County$130 †11.0%
Southampton County$184 †11.1%
Spotsylvania County$213 †9.6%
Stafford County$223 †8.2%
Staunton city$210 †13.3%
Suffolk city$189 †9.4%
Surry County$210 †12.7%
Sussex County$195 †13.0%
Tazewell County$119 †10.3%
Virginia Beach city$237 †11.9%
Warren County$172 †9.6%
Washington County$132 †9.0%
Waynesboro city$196 †14.6%
Westmoreland County$210 †13.8%
Williamsburg city$213 †11.8%
Winchester city$216 †13.9%
Wise County$119 †10.6%
Wythe County$132 †9.4%
York County$211 †8.9%

† Value statistically imputed by DOL.

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