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Childcare costs in West Virginia

MEDIAN · INFANT · CENTER-BASED

$167

per week · West Virginia · 2022 (latest official data)

MEDIAN WEEKLY PRICE · BY AGE & SETTING

West Virginia median weekly childcare price by age group and care setting.
AgeCenter-basedFamily childcare
Infant$167$154
Toddler$159$160
Preschool$165$165
School-age$146$137

MOST EXPENSIVE COUNTY

Hardy County

$195 /wk · infant, center †

LEAST EXPENSIVE COUNTY

Clay County

$144 /wk · infant, center †

COUNTIES WITH DATA · INFANT · CENTER-BASED · WEEKLY

West Virginia counties with published prices

Counties with childcare price data, sortable by name, infant center-based weekly price, and share of median family income.
Barbour County$179 †16.7%
Berkeley County$177 †10.8%
Boone County$185 †13.6%
Braxton County$182 †20.5%
Brooke County$156 †11.0%
Cabell County$155 †11.8%
Calhoun County$166 †18.1%
Clay County$144 †13.7%
Doddridge County$164 †11.7%
Fayette County$170 †14.3%
Gilmer County$177 †14.2%
Grant County$176 †13.2%
Greenbrier County$166 †14.1%
Hampshire County$188 †14.3%
Hancock County$168 †11.5%
Hardy County$195 †17.5%
Harrison County$163 †10.9%
Jackson County$182 †13.0%
Jefferson County$165 †7.5%
Kanawha County$158 †11.2%
Lewis County$172 †12.9%
Lincoln County$189 †17.5%
Logan County$189 †19.2%
Marion County$167 †11.3%
Marshall County$163 †12.1%
Mason County$172 †12.6%
McDowell County$150 †20.8%
Mercer County$168 †13.9%
Mineral County$178 †11.0%
Mingo County$167 †17.0%
Monongalia County$153 †8.0%
Monroe County$184 †14.7%
Morgan County$181 †12.9%
Nicholas County$183 †14.6%
Ohio County$147 †8.9%
Pendleton County$179 †14.8%
Pleasants County$155 †10.5%
Pocahontas County$178 †15.2%
Preston County$183 †13.0%
Putnam County$163 †9.4%
Raleigh County$170 †13.5%
Randolph County$173 †14.1%
Ritchie County$179 †15.7%
Roane County$179 †18.5%
Summers County$195 †16.3%
Taylor County$173 †13.1%
Tucker County$185 †13.9%
Tyler County$182 †12.0%
Upshur County$173 †14.0%
Wayne County$174 †13.4%
Webster County$171 †16.0%
Wetzel County$176 †13.2%
Wirt County$179 †15.1%
Wood County$162 †11.6%
Wyoming County$185 †18.9%

† Value statistically imputed by DOL.

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