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Childcare costs in Maui County, HI

The standout signal in Maui County, HI is the center–family premium: center infant care costs $6,300/yr more than family care (wide premium tercile) beside a $15,000 center sticker.

Data updated 2026-09-24

$15,000
Center Infant/yr
$8,700
Family Infant/yr
$95,379
Median Income
15.7%
% of Income (Infant)

The verdict

Maui County pairs the 9th percentile for infant-care affordability nationally with a moderate income burden on families.

9th pct.
affordability nationally
Moderate
income-burden tier
Wide
family-vs-infant price gap
#2,421
of 2,661 priced counties
B
PlainChildcare Composite Score
63/100
Maui 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 C
Center-based infant care costs 15.7% of median household income here (national median 14.6%)
Preschool care burden B
Center-based preschool care costs 10.4% 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
6.4% poverty rate here (national median 9.3%)
Price-change feed

National sticker context: $9,593 average.

Steep-price tercile: family infant care here is $8,700/yr beside the $15,000 center sticker; toddler center care is $9,900/yr.

Steep-book age ladder for Maui County

Age Group Center-Based Family Childcare
Infant $15,000 $8,700
Toddler $9,900 $8,400
Preschool $9,900 $8,400
School Age N/A N/A

Where Maui County ranks on infant-care cost

Center-based infant care, every U.S. county with reported prices

$15,000 more affordable than 9% of 2,661 US counties

This county $2,500 $32,500 every U.S. county, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $2.5K-wide band; taller bars hold more US counties. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Department of Labor, National Database of Childcare Prices · 2022

Maui County vs. every other Hawaii county: income vs. infant-care cost

Median household income (x) vs. average center-based infant care (y) across 4 Hawaii counties with reported prices. Crosshairs at the Hawaii median.

Median household income vs Avg. annual infant care 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 4 entities by Median household income (X) and Avg. annual infant care (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. High income, high costLow income, high costHigh income, low costLow income, low cost $70,000$80,000$90,000$100,000$110,000 $10,000$12,000$14,000$16,000$18,000$20,000 Median household income Avg. annual infant care Hawaii CountyHonolulu CountyKalawao CountyMaui County

Within Hawaii, Maui County has higher income but lower infant-care cost than the typical Hawaii county (its national standing, the 9th percentile for infant-care affordability nationally, is a separate comparison against every U.S. county, not just its own state).

Maui County premium reading

The standout signal in Maui County, HI is the center–family premium: center infant care costs $6,300/yr more than family care (wide premium tercile) beside a $15,000 center sticker.

Mid-burden tercile: Maui County spends 15.7% of a $95,379 median on infant center care (HEAVY). Pair the STEEP sticker with the age-group table before treating any single cell as the household story.

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.

Historical Price Trends (2008–2022)

5 years of federal survey data (2018–2022) show how center-based infant care has moved.

+55.9% since 2018
Infant center care: $9,624 → $15,000
$15,000/yr
Most recent annual cost (2022)
5 years
Data available (2018–2022)
2018
$9,624
2019
$10,968
2020
$12,312
2021
$13,656
2022
$15,000
View full data table (all care types) ▼
Year Ctr Infant
2008 N/A
2009 N/A
2010 N/A
2011 N/A
2012 N/A
2013 N/A
2014 N/A
2015 N/A
2016 N/A
2017 N/A
2018 $9,624
2019 $10,968
2020 $12,312
2021 $13,656
2022 $15,000

Nearest infant-price counties in Hawaii

Ordered by ABS(center_infant) to Maui County's STEEP NDCP sticker - not A-Z chrome.

Kalawao County, HI
Infant: $16,800 · 19.1% of income
Honolulu County, HI
Infant: $19,020 · 19.1% of income
Hawaii County, HI
Infant: $10,500 · 14.1% of income

What to do with Maui County

Infant center care here runs 15.7% of the local median income (HEAVY), check where your own household lands.

  • Maui County spends 15.7% of median income on infant center care, above the HHS 7%-of-income affordability line. See exactly where your own household income lands. Affordability calculator
  • $15,000/yr center infant sticker (STEEP) - see how Maui County compares against the full national ladder. National rankings
  • If care is straining the budget, federal and state programs (CCDF, Head Start) can cut it sharply. Check whether Maui County families are likely eligible. Check subsidy eligibility

Figures are NDCP county-level survey medians for 2022 - your local providers set the actual price.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, National Database of Childcare Prices (2022); median household income: U.S. Census ACS. See methodology for how costs and affordability are computed. As-of September 2026.

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