County childcare costs · DOL NDCP 2022

Childcare costs in Kauai County, HI

Data updated 2026-07-05

N/A
Center Infant/yr
$9,000
Family Infant/yr
$88,869
Median Income
N/A
% of Income (Infant)
B
PlainChildcare Composite Score
75/100
Kauai County, HI

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 B
Center-based preschool care costs 10.8% of median household income here (national median 12.5%)
School-age care burden
No center-based school-age care price on file for this county
Economic hardship B
6% poverty rate here (national median 9.3%)

Annual childcare costs by age in Kauai County

Age Group Center-Based Family Childcare
Infant N/A $9,000
Toddler $9,600 $8,700
Preschool $9,600 $8,700
School Age N/A N/A

Kauai County sticker reading

Household affordability can't be assessed for Kauai 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 HI 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.