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Counties With the Cheapest Childcare in Alabama (2026)

DeKalb has the lowest childcare of any county in Alabama, at $5,688, followed by Cherokee and Jackson. Source: DOL Women's Bureau National Database of Childcare Prices, 2022. The full ranking of the top 25 counties is below.

Data updated 2022 - Source: DOL Women's Bureau National Database of Childcare Prices

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Cheapest counties for childcare in Alabama

Top 25 of 67 counties with data.

Ranked by childcare cost (DOL Women's Bureau National Database of Childcare Prices, 2022), lowest first.

Cheapest counties for childcare in Alabama
RankCountyValue
1DeKalb$5,688
2Cherokee$5,688
3Jackson$5,688
4Etowah$5,726
5Marshall$5,726
6Cleburne$5,921
7Coosa$5,921
8Clay$5,921
9Randolph$5,921
10Calhoun$5,961
11Talladega$5,961
12Crenshaw$6,011
13Henry$6,011
14Geneva$6,011
15Barbour$6,048
16Coffee$6,048
17Dale$6,048
18Pike$6,048
19Houston$6,048
20Washington$6,632
21Clarke$6,632
22Conecuh$6,632
23Monroe$6,632
24Baldwin$6,679
25Escambia$6,679

How this ranking works

This page ranks Alabama counties by childcare cost, sorted so the cheapest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.

For childcare, a lower value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the lowest. Want to weigh childcare against schools, taxes, commute, and more at once? Use the live map to build a custom match.

Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of childcare cost.

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