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 $7,863 a year in the typical county in Nevada, or $655 a month, 2.2% less than the $8,040 for the typical county nationally. Care for a 4-year-old and an 8-year-old comes to about $14,415 a year. The cost of care for one preschooler is 8.8% 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, none of Nevada's 17 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 13.5% of the total in the typical county.
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Care for a 4-year-old costs most in Clark County ($13,947), Washoe County ($12,819) and Storey County ($9,435), and least in White Pine County ($7,818), Nye County ($7,818) and Mineral County ($7,818). Metro counties are priced at child care centers, other counties at home-based family child care.
| Carson City | $9,166 | $764 | $18,011 | 10.7% |
| Churchill County | $7,818 | $652 | $14,334 | 8.3% |
| Clark County | $13,947 | $1,162 | $26,869 | 16.1% |
| Douglas County | $7,818 | $652 | $15,637 | 7.8% |
| Elko County | $7,818 | $652 | $14,334 | 7.7% |
| Esmeralda County | $7,863 | $655 | $14,415 | 7.3% |
| Eureka County | $7,863 | $655 | $14,415 | 11.5% |
| Humboldt County | $7,818 | $652 | $14,334 | 8.7% |
| Lander County | $7,818 | $652 | $14,334 | 9.0% |
| Lincoln County | $7,863 | $655 | $14,415 | 8.8% |
| Lyon County | $8,210 | $684 | $15,979 | 9.4% |
| Mineral County | $7,818 | $652 | $14,334 | 13.3% |
| Nye County | $7,818 | $652 | $14,334 | 11.6% |
| Pershing County | $7,863 | $655 | $14,415 | 8.2% |
| Storey County | $9,435 | $786 | $18,609 | 8.0% |
| Washoe County | $12,819 | $1,068 | $23,843 | 12.4% |
| White Pine County | $7,818 | $652 | $14,334 | 8.1% |
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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