Childcare Price Map

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Childcare prices in Texas, county by county

In 2022, full-time infant care at a childcare center cost a median of $7,488 a year across Texas counties, from $5,876 in Coke County to $11,908 in Travis County.

Anderson County$6,448$5,980$5,9282022
Andrews County$8,060$7,280$7,1762022
Angelina County$6,708$6,136$6,0842022
Aransas County$6,448$5,980$5,8762022
Archer County$6,760$6,188$6,0842022
Armstrong County$7,644$7,072$6,9682022
Atascosa County$8,892$8,112$8,0082022
Austin County$9,620$8,684$8,5282022
Bailey County$7,592$6,968$6,9162022
Bandera County$8,892$8,112$8,0082022
Bastrop County$10,504$9,516$9,4122022
Baylor County$6,760$6,188$6,0842022
Bee County$6,448$5,980$5,8762022
Bell County$6,916$6,396$6,2922022
Bexar County$8,892$8,112$8,0082022
Blanco County$10,504$9,516$9,4122022
Borden County$8,060$7,280$7,1762022
Bosque County$6,968$6,448$6,3442022
Bowie County$6,292$5,824$5,7722022
Brazoria County$9,620$8,684$8,5282022
Brazos County$8,008$7,332$7,2282022
Brewster County$6,344$5,876$5,7722022
Briscoe County$7,644$7,072$6,9682022
Brooks County$7,956$7,280$7,1762022
Brown County$6,448$5,928$5,8762022
Burleson County$8,008$7,332$7,2282022
Burnet County$10,504$9,516$9,4122022
Caldwell County$10,504$9,516$9,4122022
Calhoun County$6,448$5,980$5,8762022
Callahan County$6,448$5,928$5,8762022
Cameron County$8,008$7,436$7,3322022
Camp County$6,448$5,980$5,9282022
Carson County$7,644$7,072$6,9682022
Cass County$6,292$5,824$5,7722022
Castro County$7,644$7,072$6,9682022
Chambers County$9,620$8,684$8,5282022
Cherokee County$6,448$5,980$5,9282022
Childress County$7,644$7,072$6,9682022
Clay County$6,760$6,188$6,0842022
Cochran County$7,592$6,968$6,9162022
Coke County$5,876$5,356$5,3042022
Coleman County$6,448$5,928$5,8762022
Collin County$9,932$8,840$8,6842022
Collingsworth County$7,644$7,072$6,9682022
Colorado County$9,620$8,684$8,5282022
Comal County$8,892$8,112$8,0082022
Comanche County$6,448$5,928$5,8762022
Concho County$5,876$5,356$5,3042022
Cooke County$7,176$6,604$6,5002022
Coryell County$6,916$6,396$6,2922022
Cottle County$6,760$6,188$6,0842022
Crane County$8,060$7,280$7,1762022
Crockett County$5,876$5,356$5,3042022
Crosby County$7,592$6,968$6,9162022
Culberson County$6,344$5,876$5,7722022
Dallam County$7,644$7,072$6,9682022
Dallas County$10,088$9,100$8,9442022
Dawson County$8,060$7,280$7,1762022
DeWitt County$6,448$5,980$5,8762022
Deaf Smith County$7,644$7,072$6,9682022
Delta County$6,292$5,824$5,7722022
Denton County$9,932$8,840$8,6842022
Dickens County$7,592$6,968$6,9162022
Dimmit County$6,760$6,344$6,2402022
Donley County$7,644$7,072$6,9682022
Duval County$7,956$7,280$7,1762022
Eastland County$6,448$5,928$5,8762022
Ector County$8,060$7,280$7,1762022
Edwards County$6,760$6,344$6,2402022
El Paso County$6,344$5,876$5,7722022
Ellis County$9,932$8,840$8,6842022
Erath County$9,932$8,840$8,6842022
Falls County$6,968$6,448$6,3442022
Fannin County$7,176$6,604$6,5002022
Fayette County$10,504$9,516$9,4122022
Fisher County$6,448$5,928$5,8762022
Floyd County$7,592$6,968$6,9162022
Foard County$6,760$6,188$6,0842022
Fort Bend County$9,620$8,684$8,5282022
Franklin County$6,292$5,824$5,7722022
Freestone County$6,968$6,448$6,3442022
Frio County$8,892$8,112$8,0082022
Gaines County$8,060$7,280$7,1762022
Galveston County$9,620$8,684$8,5282022
Garza County$7,592$6,968$6,9162022
Gillespie County$8,892$8,112$8,0082022
Glasscock County$8,060$7,280$7,1762022
Goliad County$6,448$5,980$5,8762022
Gonzales County$6,448$5,980$5,8762022
Gray County$7,644$7,072$6,9682022
Grayson County$7,176$6,604$6,5002022
Gregg County$6,448$5,980$5,9282022
Grimes County$8,008$7,332$7,2282022
Guadalupe County$8,892$8,112$8,0082022
Hale County$7,592$6,968$6,9162022
Hall County$7,644$7,072$6,9682022
Hamilton County$6,916$6,396$6,2922022
Hansford County$7,644$7,072$6,9682022
Hardeman County$6,760$6,188$6,0842022
Hardin County$7,020$6,500$6,4482022
Harris County$9,620$8,684$8,5282022
Harrison County$6,448$5,980$5,9282022
Hartley County$7,644$7,072$6,9682022
Haskell County$6,448$5,928$5,8762022
Hays County$10,504$9,516$9,4122022
Hemphill County$7,644$7,072$6,9682022
Henderson County$6,448$5,980$5,9282022
Hidalgo County$7,488$6,916$6,8122022
Hill County$6,968$6,448$6,3442022
Hockley County$7,592$6,968$6,9162022
Hood County$9,932$8,840$8,6842022
Hopkins County$6,292$5,824$5,7722022
Houston County$6,708$6,136$6,0842022
Howard County$8,060$7,280$7,1762022
Hudspeth County$6,344$5,876$5,7722022
Hunt County$9,932$8,840$8,6842022
Hutchinson County$7,644$7,072$6,9682022
Irion County$5,876$5,356$5,3042022
Jack County$6,760$6,188$6,0842022
Jackson County$6,448$5,980$5,8762022
Jasper County$6,708$6,136$6,0842022
Jeff Davis County$6,344$5,876$5,7722022
Jefferson County$7,020$6,500$6,4482022
Jim Hogg County$6,552$6,084$5,9802022
Jim Wells County$7,956$7,280$7,1762022
Johnson County$9,932$8,840$8,6842022
Jones County$6,448$5,928$5,8762022
Karnes County$8,892$8,112$8,0082022
Kaufman County$9,932$8,840$8,6842022
Kendall County$8,892$8,112$8,0082022
Kenedy County$7,956$7,280$7,1762022
Kent County$6,448$5,928$5,8762022
Kerr County$8,892$8,112$8,0082022
Kimble County$5,876$5,356$5,3042022
King County$7,592$6,968$6,9162022
Kinney County$6,760$6,344$6,2402022
Kleberg County$7,956$7,280$7,1762022
Knox County$6,448$5,928$5,8762022
La Salle County$6,760$6,344$6,2402022
Lamar County$6,292$5,824$5,7722022
Lamb County$7,592$6,968$6,9162022
Lampasas County$6,916$6,396$6,2922022
Lavaca County$6,448$5,980$5,8762022
Lee County$10,504$9,516$9,4122022
Leon County$8,008$7,332$7,2282022
Liberty County$9,620$8,684$8,5282022
Limestone County$6,968$6,448$6,3442022
Lipscomb County$7,644$7,072$6,9682022
Live Oak County$7,956$7,280$7,1762022
Llano County$10,504$9,516$9,4122022
Loving County$8,060$7,280$7,1762022
Lubbock County$7,592$6,968$6,9162022
Lynn County$7,592$6,968$6,9162022
Madison County$8,008$7,332$7,2282022
Marion County$6,448$5,980$5,9282022
Martin County$8,060$7,280$7,1762022
Mason County$5,876$5,356$5,3042022
Matagorda County$9,620$8,684$8,5282022
Maverick County$6,760$6,344$6,2402022
McCulloch County$5,876$5,356$5,3042022
McLennan County$6,968$6,448$6,3442022
McMullen County$7,956$7,280$7,1762022
Medina County$8,892$8,112$8,0082022
Menard County$5,876$5,356$5,3042022
Midland County$8,060$7,280$7,1762022
Milam County$6,916$6,396$6,2922022
Mills County$6,916$6,396$6,2922022
Mitchell County$6,448$5,928$5,8762022
Montague County$6,760$6,188$6,0842022
Montgomery County$9,620$8,684$8,5282022
Moore County$7,644$7,072$6,9682022
Morris County$6,292$5,824$5,7722022
Motley County$7,592$6,968$6,9162022
Nacogdoches County$6,708$6,136$6,0842022
Navarro County$9,932$8,840$8,6842022
Newton County$6,708$6,136$6,0842022
Nolan County$6,448$5,928$5,8762022
Nueces County$7,956$7,280$7,1762022
Ochiltree County$7,644$7,072$6,9682022
Oldham County$7,644$7,072$6,9682022
Orange County$7,020$6,500$6,4482022
Palo Pinto County$9,932$8,840$8,6842022
Panola County$6,448$5,980$5,9282022
Parker County$9,932$8,840$8,6842022
Parmer County$7,644$7,072$6,9682022
Pecos County$8,060$7,280$7,1762022
Polk County$6,708$6,136$6,0842022
Potter County$7,644$7,072$6,9682022
Presidio County$6,344$5,876$5,7722022
Rains County$6,448$5,980$5,9282022
Randall County$7,644$7,072$6,9682022
Reagan County$5,876$5,356$5,3042022
Real County$6,760$6,344$6,2402022
Red River County$6,292$5,824$5,7722022
Reeves County$8,060$7,280$7,1762022
Refugio County$6,448$5,980$5,8762022
Roberts County$7,644$7,072$6,9682022
Robertson County$8,008$7,332$7,2282022
Rockwall County$9,932$8,840$8,6842022
Runnels County$6,448$5,928$5,8762022
Rusk County$6,448$5,980$5,9282022
Sabine County$6,708$6,136$6,0842022
San Augustine County$6,708$6,136$6,0842022
San Jacinto County$6,708$6,136$6,0842022
San Patricio County$7,956$7,280$7,1762022
San Saba County$6,916$6,396$6,2922022
Schleicher County$5,876$5,356$5,3042022
Scurry County$6,448$5,928$5,8762022
Shackelford County$6,448$5,928$5,8762022
Shelby County$6,708$6,136$6,0842022
Sherman County$7,644$7,072$6,9682022
Smith County$6,448$5,980$5,9282022
Somervell County$9,932$8,840$8,6842022
Starr County$7,488$6,916$6,8122022
Stephens County$6,448$5,928$5,8762022
Sterling County$5,876$5,356$5,3042022
Stonewall County$6,448$5,928$5,8762022
Sutton County$5,876$5,356$5,3042022
Swisher County$7,644$7,072$6,9682022
Tarrant County$10,348$9,360$9,2042022
Taylor County$6,448$5,928$5,8762022
Terrell County$8,060$7,280$7,1762022
Terry County$7,592$6,968$6,9162022
Throckmorton County$6,448$5,928$5,8762022
Titus County$6,292$5,824$5,7722022
Tom Green County$5,876$5,356$5,3042022
Travis County$11,908$10,868$10,7122022
Trinity County$6,708$6,136$6,0842022
Tyler County$6,708$6,136$6,0842022
Upshur County$6,448$5,980$5,9282022
Upton County$8,060$7,280$7,1762022
Uvalde County$6,760$6,344$6,2402022
Val Verde County$6,760$6,344$6,2402022
Van Zandt County$6,448$5,980$5,9282022
Victoria County$6,448$5,980$5,8762022
Walker County$9,620$8,684$8,5282022
Waller County$9,620$8,684$8,5282022
Ward County$8,060$7,280$7,1762022
Washington County$8,008$7,332$7,2282022
Webb County$6,552$6,084$5,9802022
Wharton County$9,620$8,684$8,5282022
Wheeler County$7,644$7,072$6,9682022
Wichita County$6,760$6,188$6,0842022
Wilbarger County$6,760$6,188$6,0842022
Willacy County$7,488$6,916$6,8122022
Williamson County$10,504$9,516$9,4122022
Wilson County$8,892$8,112$8,0082022
Winkler County$8,060$7,280$7,1762022
Wise County$9,932$8,840$8,6842022
Wood County$6,448$5,980$5,9282022
Yoakum County$7,592$6,968$6,9162022
Young County$6,760$6,188$6,0842022
Zapata County$6,552$6,084$5,9802022
Zavala County$6,760$6,344$6,2402022

Yearly prices (weekly median × 52). Select a column to sort.

Sources

  1. National Database of Childcare Prices, 2008 to 2022 data file (county level), US Department of Labor, Women's Bureau, checked 1 November 2026
  2. National Database of Childcare Prices Technical Report 2024, US Department of Labor, Women's Bureau, checked 1 November 2026

Prices are weekly medians for full-time care in the year shown, in that year's dollars, as published by the Department of Labor. Yearly figures are weekly × 52. Some county figures are estimated by the Department from state data or nearby age groups. Data checked 1 November 2026.