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Counties With the Cheapest Childcare in Alabama (2026)

Jackson has the lowest childcare of any county in Alabama, at $5,688, followed by DeKalb and Cherokee (data vintage 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
1Jackson$5,688
2DeKalb$5,688
3Cherokee$5,688
4Etowah$5,726
5Marshall$5,726
6Clay$5,921
7Randolph$5,921
8Coosa$5,921
9Cleburne$5,921
10Talladega$5,961
11Calhoun$5,961
12Crenshaw$6,011
13Henry$6,011
14Geneva$6,011
15Pike$6,048
16Coffee$6,048
17Barbour$6,048
18Houston$6,048
19Dale$6,048
20Conecuh$6,632
21Monroe$6,632
22Washington$6,632
23Clarke$6,632
24Escambia$6,679
25Mobile$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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