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Counties With the Cheapest Childcare in Florida (2026)

Taylor has the lowest childcare of any county in Florida, at $5,105, followed by DeSoto and Suwannee. 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 Florida

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 Florida
RankCountyValue
1Taylor$5,105
2DeSoto$5,720
3Suwannee$5,893
4Gilchrist$5,936
5Franklin$5,980
6Gulf$6,136
7Gadsden$6,197
8Baker$6,587
9Madison$6,587
10Glades$6,630
11Hamilton$6,751
12Putnam$6,819
13Union$6,823
14Hardee$6,933
15Lafayette$6,991
16Columbia$7,003
17Hernando$7,020
18Jefferson$7,133
19Levy$7,280
20Wakulla$7,465
21Washington$7,583
22Citrus$7,713
23Highlands$7,713
24Okeechobee$7,742
25Holmes$7,930

How this ranking works

This page ranks Florida 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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