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 $11,184 a year in the typical county in New Hampshire, or $932 a month, 39.1% more than the $8,040 for the typical county nationally. Care for a 4-year-old and an 8-year-old comes to about $21,845 a year. The cost of care for one preschooler is 11.2% 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 New Hampshire's 10 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 20.1% of the total in the typical county.
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Care for a 4-year-old costs most in Rockingham County ($15,561), Hillsborough County ($15,176) and Strafford County ($14,685), and least in Coos County ($10,555), Carroll County ($10,749) and Grafton County ($11,092). Metro counties are priced at child care centers, other counties at home-based family child care.
| Belknap County | $11,236 | $936 | $21,695 | 10.4% |
| Carroll County | $10,749 | $896 | $21,260 | 10.9% |
| Cheshire County | $11,117 | $926 | $21,618 | 11.2% |
| Coos County | $10,555 | $880 | $18,931 | 12.8% |
| Grafton County | $11,092 | $924 | $21,995 | 10.5% |
| Hillsborough County | $15,176 | $1,265 | $28,735 | 12.2% |
| Merrimack County | $11,190 | $933 | $22,441 | 9.6% |
| Rockingham County | $15,561 | $1,297 | $29,461 | 11.3% |
| Strafford County | $14,685 | $1,224 | $27,814 | 12.4% |
| Sullivan County | $11,177 | $931 | $21,185 | 11.5% |
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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