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Counties With the Cheapest Childcare in Ohio (2026)

Allen has the lowest childcare of any county in Ohio, at $8,243, followed by Ashland and Brown. 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 Ohio

Top 25 of 88 counties with data.

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

Cheapest counties for childcare in Ohio
RankCountyValue
1Allen$8,243
2Ashland$8,243
3Brown$8,243
4Coshocton$8,243
5Darke$8,243
6Harrison$8,243
7Highland$8,243
8Jackson$8,243
9Meigs$8,243
10Mercer$8,243
11Pickaway$8,243
12Pike$8,243
13Putnam$8,243
14Scioto$8,243
15Seneca$8,243
16Van Wert$8,243
17Williams$8,243
18Wyandot$8,243
19Adams$8,243
20Carroll$8,243
21Champaign$8,243
22Columbiana$8,243
23Crawford$8,243
24Fulton$8,243
25Gallia$8,243

How this ranking works

This page ranks Ohio 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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