What care costs for a preschooler and for two children, county by county, and how it compares with what families here earn.
Full-time care for a 4-year-old costs about $5,069 a year in the typical county in Kansas, or $422 a month, 37.0% less than the $8,040 for the typical county nationally. Care for a 4-year-old and an 8-year-old comes to about $10,139 a year. The cost of care for one preschooler is 6.7% of median family income in the typical county.
The federal Department of Health and Human Services counts child care as affordable when it takes no more than 7% of family income. For one 4-year-old, 69 of Kansas's 105 counties meet that at the median family income; nationally, 259 of 3,131 counties do. In the budget EPI draws up for two parents and two children, child care is 11.3% of the total in the typical county.
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Care for a 4-year-old costs most in Johnson County ($11,128), Douglas County ($8,776) and Geary County ($8,776), and least in Woodson County ($5,069), Wilson County ($5,069) and Wichita County ($5,069). Metro counties are priced at child care centers, other counties at home-based family child care.
| Allen County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 6.9% |
| Anderson County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 6.4% |
| Atchison County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 6.0% |
| Barber County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 6.7% |
| Barton County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 6.8% |
| Bourbon County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 6.0% |
| Brown County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 6.6% |
| Butler County | $8,371 | $698 | $13,529 | 8.8% |
| Chase County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 6.9% |
| Chautauqua County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 8.4% |
| Cherokee County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 6.8% |
| Cheyenne County | $6,611 | $551 | $13,222 | 9.5% |
| Clark County | $6,611 | $551 | $13,222 | 8.4% |
| Clay County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 7.0% |
| Cloud County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 7.0% |
| Coffey County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 5.9% |
| Comanche County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 6.6% |
| Cowley County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 6.7% |
| Crawford County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 7.5% |
| Decatur County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 6.8% |
| Dickinson County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 6.2% |
| Doniphan County | $5,937 | $495 | $10,950 | 6.7% |
| Douglas County | $8,776 | $731 | $13,789 | 8.3% |
| Edwards County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 6.5% |
| Elk County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 7.7% |
| Ellis County | $6,611 | $551 | $13,222 | 7.5% |
| Ellsworth County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 5.8% |
| Finney County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 5.9% |
| Ford County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 6.2% |
| Franklin County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 5.7% |
| Geary County | $8,776 | $731 | $13,789 | 12.9% |
| Gove County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 6.1% |
| Graham County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 8.2% |
| Grant County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 6.7% |
| Gray County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 5.4% |
| Greeley County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 6.0% |
| Greenwood County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 7.3% |
| Hamilton County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 6.2% |
| Harper County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 7.6% |
| Harvey County | $8,776 | $731 | $13,789 | 10.3% |
| Haskell County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 5.3% |
| Hodgeman County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 6.1% |
| Jackson County | $5,937 | $495 | $10,950 | 6.6% |
| Jefferson County | $8,776 | $731 | $13,789 | 9.1% |
| Jewell County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 7.2% |
| Johnson County | $11,128 | $927 | $20,578 | 8.4% |
| Kearny County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 6.8% |
| Kingman County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 6.6% |
| Kiowa County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 5.9% |
| Labette County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 6.9% |
| Lane County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 6.2% |
| Leavenworth County | $8,371 | $698 | $13,529 | 7.8% |
| Lincoln County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 6.9% |
| Linn County | $5,937 | $495 | $10,950 | 7.5% |
| Logan County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 6.0% |
| Lyon County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 6.5% |
| Marion County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 6.4% |
| Marshall County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 6.0% |
| McPherson County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 5.4% |
| Meade County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 5.6% |
| Miami County | $8,371 | $698 | $13,529 | 7.6% |
| Mitchell County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 7.1% |
| Montgomery County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 7.3% |
| Morris County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 6.6% |
| Morton County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 6.2% |
| Nemaha County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 5.1% |
| Neosho County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 6.5% |
| Ness County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 5.5% |
| Norton County | $6,611 | $551 | $13,222 | 9.3% |
| Osage County | $5,937 | $495 | $10,950 | 7.0% |
| Osborne County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 6.3% |
| Ottawa County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 5.7% |
| Pawnee County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 5.4% |
| Phillips County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 6.4% |
| Pottawatomie County | $8,371 | $698 | $13,529 | 7.9% |
| Pratt County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 6.3% |
| Rawlins County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 6.7% |
| Reno County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 6.5% |
| Republic County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 7.1% |
| Rice County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 6.5% |
| Riley County | $8,371 | $698 | $13,529 | 9.9% |
| Rooks County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 6.2% |
| Rush County | $6,611 | $551 | $13,222 | 9.4% |
| Russell County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 7.0% |
| Saline County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 6.0% |
| Scott County | $6,611 | $551 | $13,222 | 7.6% |
| Sedgwick County | $8,371 | $698 | $13,529 | 9.7% |
| Seward County | $6,611 | $551 | $13,222 | 8.7% |
| Shawnee County | $8,776 | $731 | $13,789 | 9.9% |
| Sheridan County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 4.9% |
| Sherman County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 6.9% |
| Smith County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 6.0% |
| Stafford County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 6.1% |
| Stanton County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 7.1% |
| Stevens County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 7.3% |
| Sumner County | $5,937 | $495 | $10,950 | 7.2% |
| Thomas County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 5.2% |
| Trego County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 5.5% |
| Wabaunsee County | $5,937 | $495 | $10,950 | 6.9% |
| Wallace County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 6.4% |
| Washington County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 6.4% |
| Wichita County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 5.8% |
| Wilson County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 6.8% |
| Woodson County | $5,069 | $422 | $10,139 | 7.6% |
| Wyandotte County | $8,371 | $698 | $13,529 | 11.6% |
Click a column to sort it. The share compares care for one 4-year-old with the county's median family income. A dash means EPI publishes no income figure for that county.
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