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Counties With the Cheapest Childcare in New Hampshire (2026)

Coos has the lowest childcare of any county in New Hampshire, at $12,959, followed by Carroll and Grafton (data vintage 2022). The full ranking of the top 10 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 New Hampshire

Top 10 of 10 counties with data.

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

Cheapest counties for childcare in New Hampshire
RankCountyValue
1Coos$12,959
2Carroll$13,274
3Grafton$13,699
4Cheshire$13,714
5Sullivan$13,766
6Merrimack$13,830
7Belknap$13,855
8Strafford$13,990
9Hillsborough$14,458
10Rockingham$14,826

How this ranking works

This page ranks New Hampshire 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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