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Counties With the Cheapest Childcare in New York (2026)

Allegany has the lowest childcare of any county in New York, at $11,735, followed by Cattaraugus and Cayuga. 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 New York

Top 25 of 62 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 York
RankCountyValue
1Allegany$11,735
2Cattaraugus$11,735
3Cayuga$11,735
4Chemung$11,735
5Chenango$11,735
6Clinton$11,735
7Cortland$11,735
8Fulton$11,735
9Greene$11,735
10Hamilton$11,735
11Jefferson$11,735
12Lewis$11,735
13Livingston$11,735
14Madison$11,735
15Montgomery$11,735
16Niagara$11,735
17Oneida$11,735
18Otsego$11,735
19Washington$11,735
20Wyoming$11,735
21Broome$11,735
22Chautauqua$11,735
23Delaware$11,735
24Essex$11,735
25Franklin$11,735

How this ranking works

This page ranks New York 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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