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Childcare Costs in Iowa

99 counties with cost data

$8,306
Avg Infant (Center)
$7,157
Avg Toddler (Center)
$7,157
Avg Preschool (Center)
$7,703
Lowest Infant
$9,642
Highest Infant
County Infant
Adair County $8,271
Adams County $8,484
Allamakee County $8,267
Appanoose County $8,062
Audubon County $8,274
Benton County $8,479
Black Hawk County $8,747
Boone County $8,462
Bremer County $8,283
Buchanan County $8,252
Buena Vista County $8,186
Butler County $8,365
Calhoun County $8,194
Carroll County $7,946
Cass County $7,922
Cedar County $8,675
Cerro Gordo County $8,285
Cherokee County $7,796
Chickasaw County $8,382
Clarke County $7,938
Clay County $8,092
Clayton County $8,308
Clinton County $8,223
Crawford County $8,027
Dallas County $9,642
Davis County $8,692
Decatur County $7,911
Delaware County $8,353
Des Moines County $8,483
Dickinson County $8,605
Dubuque County $8,640
Emmet County $8,015
Fayette County $8,425
Floyd County $7,703
Franklin County $7,953
Fremont County $8,251
Greene County $8,310
Grundy County $8,406
Guthrie County $8,534
Hamilton County $8,356
Hancock County $8,481
Hardin County $8,370
Harrison County $8,634
Henry County $8,016
Howard County $7,963
Humboldt County $7,830
Ida County $8,022
Iowa County $8,328
Jackson County $8,043
Jasper County $8,304
Jefferson County $8,322
Johnson County $9,183
Jones County $7,936
Keokuk County $8,325
Kossuth County $8,301
Lee County $8,170
Linn County $8,631
Louisa County $8,388
Lucas County $8,164
Lyon County $8,486
Madison County $8,763
Mahaska County $8,171
Marion County $8,434
Marshall County $8,379
Mills County $8,459
Mitchell County $8,009
Monona County $8,379
Monroe County $8,061
Montgomery County $7,983
Muscatine County $8,691
O'Brien County $7,914
Osceola County $8,269
Page County $8,046
Palo Alto County $7,736
Plymouth County $8,367
Pocahontas County $8,302
Polk County $9,220
Pottawattamie County $8,758
Poweshiek County $8,396
Ringgold County $8,213
Sac County $7,968
Scott County $8,750
Shelby County $8,524
Sioux County $8,309
Story County $8,858
Tama County $8,623
Taylor County $8,001
Union County $7,945
Van Buren County $8,050
Wapello County $8,560
Warren County $8,804
Washington County $8,433
Wayne County $7,939
Webster County $8,091
Winnebago County $7,836
Winneshiek County $8,151
Woodbury County $8,623
Worth County $8,176
Wright County $8,012

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Women's Bureau — National Database of Childcare Prices (NDCP). Costs shown are annual estimates.