State guide · 2022 official data
Childcare costs in Virginia
Compare a typical county, then find the county where care is provided.
A typical county in Virginia
Unweighted medians of available county medians across the full source. These are not the prices paid by a typical resident or pooled provider medians.
- Infant · center
- $236per week · September 2026 CPI estimate2022 official data: $191 / week133 reporting counties in this stateNational typical county: $214 / week · 2661 counties↑ Higher than the national median
- Toddler · center
- $181per week · September 2026 CPI estimate2022 official data: $147 / week133 reporting counties in this stateNational typical county: $189 / week · 2663 counties≈ About the same as the national median
- Preschool · center
- $174per week · September 2026 CPI estimate2022 official data: $141 / week133 reporting counties in this stateNational typical county: $178 / week · 2670 counties≈ About the same as the national median
- Infant · home-based
- $195per week · September 2026 CPI estimate2022 official data: $158 / week133 reporting counties in this stateNational typical county: $177 / week · 2584 counties↑ Higher than the national median
Prices describe cost, not quality. Ask providers for current quotes.
Virginia county pages
17 county pages in the national 500-county launch set, ordered by source-vintage population. The statewide benchmarks above use all available counties, not just these pages.
| County | 2022 official data | September 2026 estimate |
|---|---|---|
| Fairfax County | $345 | $426 |
| Prince William County | $312 | $384 |
| Virginia Beach City | $237 | $292 |
| Loudoun County | $366 | $451 |
| Chesterfield County | $279 | $344 |
| Henrico County | $263 | $325 |
| Chesapeake City | $237 | $292 |
| Norfolk City | $247 | $304 |
| Arlington County | $559 | $690 |
| Richmond City | $308 | $380 |
| Newport News City | $227 | $281 |
| Stafford County | $223 | $274 |
| Alexandria City | $453 | $558 |
| Spotsylvania County | $213 | $262 |
| Hampton City | $216 | $267 |
| Albemarle County | $269 | $331 |
| Hanover County | $243 | $300 |
What this means
Use the same age group and care setting when comparing costs. A statewide typical-county figure can hide substantial local differences. CPI-adjusted figures apply national inflation to 2022 prices; they are not new local observations.
Sources & data dates
- Prices
- DOL Women’s Bureau NDCP, study year 2022. County estimates from state market-rate surveys; some values are standardized or imputed.
- Inflation
- BLS day care and preschool CPI-U (not seasonally adjusted), September 2026. These are adjusted estimates, not new local observations.
- Income & population
- Census ACS fields distributed in the DOL workbook’s 2022 rows: MFI (family income, DP03) and TOTALPOP (DP05). Income share uses 2022 prices only.
- Retrieved
- 2026-11-03 (DOL); 2026-11-03 (BLS)
- Method
- Units, typical-county benchmarks, ZIP matching and limitations