County childcare costs · DOL NDCP 2022

Childcare costs in Potter County, PA

Data updated 2026-07-05

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Center Infant/yr
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Family Infant/yr
$56,491
Median Income
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% of Income (Infant)
B
PlainChildcare Composite Score
68/100
Potter 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 B
7.4% poverty rate here (national median 9.3%)
Price-change feed

Annual childcare costs by age in Potter 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

Potter County sticker reading

Household affordability can't be assessed for Potter 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.

The NDCP has tracked center-based infant care here for 13 years, from 2008 through 2020.

+28.1% since 2008
Infant center care: $6,578 → $8,424
$8,424/yr
Most recent annual cost (2020)
13 years
Data available (2008–2020)
2008
$6,578
2009
$6,786
2010
$7,020
2011
$7,170
2012
$7,319
2013
$7,560
2014
$7,800
2015
$7,982
2016
$8,164
2017
$8,229
2018
$8,294
2019
$8,359
2020
$8,424
View full data table (all care types)
Year Ctr Infant
2008 $6,578
2009 $6,786
2010 $7,020
2011 $7,170
2012 $7,319
2013 $7,560
2014 $7,800
2015 $7,982
2016 $8,164
2017 $8,229
2018 $8,294
2019 $8,359
2020 $8,424
2021 N/A
2022 N/A