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DOL Data · 2022

Appomattox County, VA

Infant daycare in Appomattox County, VA costs $143 per week ($7,456 per year) for center-based care, and $145 per week for family daycare. With a median household income of $60,041, the childcare burden is 12.4% of income. This is below the national median of $174/wk.

Infant Center (Weekly)
$143
$7,456/yr
Infant Family (Weekly)
$145
$7,543/yr
Median Income
$60,041
Burden Index
12.4%
Moderate

Cost Breakdown by Age Group

Age GroupCenter/WkCenter/YrFamily/WkFamily/Yr
Infant (0-1)$143$7,456$145$7,543
Toddler (1-2)$115$5,989$100$5,183
Preschool (3-5)$106$5,502$97$5,039
School-Age (6+)$106$5,506$86$4,446
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Appomattox County Childcare FAQ

Center-based infant care in Appomattox County costs $143 per week ($7,456 per year). Family-based infant care costs $145 per week ($7,543 per year). Data from the DOL National Database of Childcare Prices.

The Childcare Burden Index for Appomattox County is 12.4%, rated "Moderate". This means a family earning the median income of $60,041 would spend about 12.4% of their income on infant center-based childcare.

The national median weekly infant center care cost is $174. Appomattox County at $143/wk is 17% below the national median. Annualized, infant center care in Appomattox County costs $7,456 per year.

In Appomattox County, VA, the most affordable option is typically family-based (home) daycare. Infant family daycare costs $145/wk compared to $143/wk for center-based. For preschool-age children, family daycare is $97/wk vs $106/wk at a center. School-age after-care is the least expensive category at $86/wk (family) or $106/wk (center).

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Childcare costs are weekly median prices from the DOL. Burden Index = annual infant center care / median household income.

The this entity record above pulls directly from the DOL National Database of Childcare Prices. What follows is the per-entity context — how this entity sits in the broader U.S. childcare prices distribution and which underlying factors drive the headline numbers.

Every number on this page links back to the DOL National Database of Childcare Prices; the methodology page describes the inputs, refresh cadence, and known limitations of the underlying data product.

Practical use of this page is in combination with the comparison and ranking pages elsewhere on the site, which surface the same data for this entity’s peers within U.S. counties. A single-entity reading without peer context can be misleading when an entity is an outlier on one axis but typical on another.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor Women’s Bureau Childcare Prices, 2026.