County childcare costs · DOL NDCP 2022

Childcare costs in York County, PA

Data updated 2026-07-05

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Center Infant/yr
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Family Infant/yr
$79,183
Median Income
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% of Income (Infant)
A
PlainChildcare Composite Score
80/100
York 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% poverty rate here (national median 9.3%)
Price-change feed

Annual childcare costs by age in York 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

York County sticker reading

Household affordability can't be assessed for York 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.

+25.6% since 2008
Infant center care: $8,320 → $10,452
$10,452/yr
Most recent annual cost (2020)
13 years
Data available (2008–2020)
2008
$8,320
2009
$8,632
2010
$8,996
2011
$9,178
2012
$9,360
2013
$9,490
2014
$9,620
2015
$9,984
2016
$10,348
2017
$10,374
2018
$10,400
2019
$10,426
2020
$10,452
View full data table (all care types)
Year Ctr Infant
2008 $8,320
2009 $8,632
2010 $8,996
2011 $9,178
2012 $9,360
2013 $9,490
2014 $9,620
2015 $9,984
2016 $10,348
2017 $10,374
2018 $10,400
2019 $10,426
2020 $10,452
2021 N/A
2022 N/A