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 $9,069 a year in the typical county in Utah, or $756 a month, 12.8% more than the $8,040 for the typical county nationally. Care for a 4-year-old and an 8-year-old comes to about $17,843 a year. The cost of care for one preschooler is 10.6% 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, 1 of Utah's 29 counties meets 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 15.8% of the total in the typical county.
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Care for a 4-year-old costs most in Box Elder County ($10,224), Cache County ($10,224) and Davis County ($10,224), and least in Wasatch County ($8,985), Uintah County ($8,985) and Summit County ($8,985). Metro counties are priced at child care centers, other counties at home-based family child care.
| Beaver County | $9,069 | $756 | $17,843 | 9.5% |
| Box Elder County | $10,224 | $852 | $20,181 | 11.3% |
| Cache County | $10,224 | $852 | $20,181 | 11.5% |
| Carbon County | $8,985 | $749 | $17,759 | 12.3% |
| Daggett County | $9,069 | $756 | $17,843 | 10.4% |
| Davis County | $10,224 | $852 | $20,181 | 8.5% |
| Duchesne County | $9,069 | $756 | $17,843 | 10.9% |
| Emery County | $9,069 | $756 | $17,843 | 10.3% |
| Garfield County | $9,069 | $756 | $17,843 | 11.7% |
| Grand County | $9,069 | $756 | $17,843 | 10.8% |
| Iron County | $8,985 | $749 | $17,759 | 10.9% |
| Juab County | $10,224 | $852 | $20,181 | 10.4% |
| Kane County | $9,069 | $756 | $17,843 | 8.8% |
| Millard County | $9,069 | $756 | $17,843 | 11.6% |
| Morgan County | $10,224 | $852 | $20,181 | 7.7% |
| Piute County | $9,069 | $756 | $17,843 | 14.4% |
| Rich County | $9,069 | $756 | $17,843 | 10.6% |
| Salt Lake County | $10,224 | $852 | $20,181 | 9.1% |
| San Juan County | $9,069 | $756 | $17,843 | 14.3% |
| Sanpete County | $9,069 | $756 | $17,843 | 12.4% |
| Sevier County | $9,069 | $756 | $17,843 | 11.0% |
| Summit County | $8,985 | $749 | $17,759 | 5.8% |
| Tooele County | $10,224 | $852 | $20,181 | 9.2% |
| Uintah County | $8,985 | $749 | $17,759 | 10.4% |
| Utah County | $10,224 | $852 | $20,181 | 9.6% |
| Wasatch County | $8,985 | $749 | $17,759 | 7.1% |
| Washington County | $10,224 | $852 | $20,181 | 10.8% |
| Wayne County | $9,069 | $756 | $17,843 | 12.1% |
| Weber County | $10,224 | $852 | $20,181 | 10.3% |
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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