County childcare costs · DOL NDCP 2022

Childcare costs in Fayette County, PA

Data updated 2026-07-05

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Center Infant/yr
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Family Infant/yr
$55,579
Median Income
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% of Income (Infant)
D
PlainChildcare Composite Score
33/100
Fayette County, PA

A center-based childcare affordability composite (infant, preschool, and school-age price burden relative to local median income) plus poverty rate, benchmarked against every other tracked county nationally. Not a rating of childcare quality, safety, or availability. Dimensions with no data on file are excluded and their weight redistributed, never counted as zero.

Infant care burden
No center-based infant care price on file for this county
Preschool care burden
No center-based preschool care price on file for this county
School-age care burden
No center-based school-age care price on file for this county
Economic hardship D
11.8% poverty rate here (national median 9.3%)
Price-change feed

Annual childcare costs by age in Fayette County

Age Group Center-Based Family Childcare
Infant N/A N/A
Toddler N/A N/A
Preschool N/A N/A
School Age N/A N/A

Fayette County sticker reading

Household affordability can't be assessed for Fayette County against the HHS 7% benchmark: this county has no reported center-based infant care price in the underlying survey. See the state page for PA for the closest available affordability context.

For how to vet a licensed provider (inspection reports, QRIS ratings, CCDF subsidy intake), see Choosing Quality Childcare. Rate methodology: how these numbers are computed.

Center-based infant care costs over 2008–2020 (13 years of NDCP data).

+25.0% since 2008
Infant center care: $7,280 → $9,100
$9,100/yr
Most recent annual cost (2020)
13 years
Data available (2008–2020)
2008
$7,280
2009
$7,540
2010
$8,320
2011
$8,320
2012
$8,320
2013
$8,060
2014
$7,800
2015
$7,800
2016
$7,800
2017
$8,099
2018
$8,398
2019
$8,710
2020
$9,100
View full data table (all care types)
Year Ctr Infant
2008 $7,280
2009 $7,540
2010 $8,320
2011 $8,320
2012 $8,320
2013 $8,060
2014 $7,800
2015 $7,800
2016 $7,800
2017 $8,099
2018 $8,398
2019 $8,710
2020 $9,100
2021 N/A
2022 N/A