County childcare costs · DOL NDCP 2022

Childcare costs in Union County, PA

Data updated 2026-07-05

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Center Infant/yr
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Family Infant/yr
$64,914
Median Income
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% of Income (Infant)
B
PlainChildcare Composite Score
78/100
Union 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
6.2% poverty rate here (national median 9.3%)
Price-change feed

Annual childcare costs by age in Union 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

Union County sticker reading

Household affordability can't be assessed for Union 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.

+17.2% since 2008
Infant center care: $6,820 → $7,995
$7,995/yr
Most recent annual cost (2020)
13 years
Data available (2008–2020)
2008
$6,820
2009
$7,020
2010
$7,215
2011
$7,508
2012
$7,800
2013
$7,800
2014
$7,800
2015
$8,710
2016
$9,620
2017
$9,035
2018
$8,450
2019
$8,158
2020
$7,995
View full data table (all care types)
Year Ctr Infant
2008 $6,820
2009 $7,020
2010 $7,215
2011 $7,508
2012 $7,800
2013 $7,800
2014 $7,800
2015 $8,710
2016 $9,620
2017 $9,035
2018 $8,450
2019 $8,158
2020 $7,995
2021 N/A
2022 N/A