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Counties With the Cheapest Childcare in Vermont (2026)

Caledonia has the lowest childcare of any county in Vermont, at $13,077, followed by Orleans and Franklin (data vintage 2022). The full ranking of the top 14 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 Vermont

Top 14 of 14 counties with data.

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

Cheapest counties for childcare in Vermont
RankCountyValue
1Caledonia$13,077
2Orleans$14,146
3Franklin$14,251
4Bennington$14,926
5Windham$15,010
6Washington$15,279
7Essex$15,493
8Lamoille$15,590
9Rutland$16,103
10Windsor$16,223
11Orange$16,315
12Addison$17,316
13Grand Isle$17,517
14Chittenden$18,530

How this ranking works

This page ranks Vermont 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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