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Counties With the Cheapest Childcare in North Dakota (2026)

Eddy has the lowest childcare of any county in North Dakota, at $9,333, followed by Sioux and Rolette (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 North Dakota

Top 25 of 53 counties with data.

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

Cheapest counties for childcare in North Dakota
RankCountyValue
1Eddy$9,333
2Sioux$9,399
3Rolette$9,426
4Adams$9,462
5LaMoure$9,484
6Kidder$9,486
7Benson$9,511
8Wells$9,512
9Nelson$9,523
10Oliver$9,540
11McIntosh$9,540
12Emmons$9,542
13Grant$9,563
14Griggs$9,585
15Sheridan$9,599
16Towner$9,609
17Ramsey$9,613
18Billings$9,706
19Steele$9,712
20Dickey$9,712
21Walsh$9,730
22Pembina$9,753
23Slope$9,782
24Stutsman$9,867
25Cavalier$9,910

How this ranking works

This page ranks North Dakota 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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