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Counties With the Cheapest Childcare in Colorado (2026)

Las Animas has the lowest childcare of any county in Colorado, at $5,069, followed by Conejos and Phillips (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 Colorado

Top 25 of 64 counties with data.

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

Cheapest counties for childcare in Colorado
RankCountyValue
1Las Animas$5,069
2Conejos$5,503
3Phillips$5,509
4Sedgwick$5,600
5Bent$5,748
6Kiowa$5,945
7Baca$5,981
8Otero$5,982
9Prowers$6,002
10Yuma$6,738
11Alamosa$7,260
12Kit Carson$7,571
13Rio Grande$7,695
14Crowley$8,036
15Costilla$8,102
16Huerfano$8,316
17Logan$8,326
18Jackson$8,360
19Delta$8,434
20Saguache$8,862
21Lincoln$9,372
22Montezuma$9,597
23Fremont$9,742
24Morgan$10,143
25Lake$10,384

How this ranking works

This page ranks Colorado 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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