County childcare costs · DOL NDCP 2022

Childcare costs in Washington County, VT

Data updated 2026-07-05

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Center Infant/yr
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Family Infant/yr
$77,278
Median Income
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% of Income (Infant)
B
PlainChildcare Composite Score
77/100
Washington County, VT

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
6.4% poverty rate here (national median 9.3%)
Price-change feed

Annual childcare costs by age in Washington 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

Washington County sticker reading

Household affordability can't be assessed for Washington 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 VT 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.

14 years of federal survey data (2008–2021) show how center-based infant care has moved.

+100.3% since 2008
Infant center care: $7,682 → $15,387
$15,387/yr
Most recent annual cost (2021)
14 years
Data available (2008–2021)
2008
$7,682
2009
$8,322
2010
$8,962
2011
$9,354
2012
$9,746
2013
$10,213
2014
$10,680
2015
$11,000
2016
$12,000
2017
$13,000
2018
$13,597
2019
$14,193
2020
$14,790
2021
$15,387
View full data table (all care types)
Year Ctr Infant
2008 $7,682
2009 $8,322
2010 $8,962
2011 $9,354
2012 $9,746
2013 $10,213
2014 $10,680
2015 $11,000
2016 $12,000
2017 $13,000
2018 $13,597
2019 $14,193
2020 $14,790
2021 $15,387
2022 N/A