ChildcareCost
DOL Data · 2022

Falls Church City, VA

Infant daycare in Falls Church City, VA costs $429 per week ($22,311 per year) for center-based care, and $287 per week for family daycare. With a median household income of $164,536, the childcare burden is 13.6% of income. This is above the national median of $174/wk.

Infant Center (Weekly)
$429
$22,311/yr
Infant Family (Weekly)
$287
$14,926/yr
Median Income
$164,536
Burden Index
13.6%
Moderate

Cost Breakdown by Age Group

Age GroupCenter/WkCenter/YrFamily/WkFamily/Yr
Infant (0-1)$429$22,311$287$14,926
Toddler (1-2)$312$16,238$230$11,954
Preschool (3-5)$312$16,238$230$11,954
School-Age (6+)$375$19,510$323$16,800
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Falls Church City Childcare FAQ

Center-based infant care in Falls Church City costs $429 per week ($22,311 per year). Family-based infant care costs $287 per week ($14,926 per year). Data from the DOL National Database of Childcare Prices.

The Childcare Burden Index for Falls Church City is 13.6%, rated "Moderate". This means a family earning the median income of $164,536 would spend about 13.6% of their income on infant center-based childcare.

The national median weekly infant center care cost is $174. Falls Church City at $429/wk is 147% above the national median. Annualized, infant center care in Falls Church City costs $22,311 per year.

In Falls Church City, VA, the most affordable option is typically family-based (home) daycare. Infant family daycare costs $287/wk compared to $429/wk for center-based. For preschool-age children, family daycare is $230/wk vs $312/wk at a center. School-age after-care is the least expensive category at $323/wk (family) or $375/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.

For readers using this page as a decision input, the related-entity pages elsewhere on the site provide the comparison set. The most useful comparison for this entity is typically a peer within U.S. counties with similar size, similar exposure, or similar geography — not the national-level summary alone.

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