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DOL Data · 2022

Todd County, SD

Infant daycare in Todd County, SD costs $120 per week ($6,240 per year) for center-based care, and $100 per week for family daycare. With a median household income of $33,792, the childcare burden is 18.5% of income, well above the 7% threshold HUD considers affordable. This is below the national median of $174/wk.

Infant Center (Weekly)
$120
$6,240/yr
Infant Family (Weekly)
$100
$5,200/yr
Median Income
$33,792
Burden Index
18.5%
High

Cost Breakdown by Age Group

Age GroupCenter/WkCenter/YrFamily/WkFamily/Yr
Infant (0-1)$120$6,240$100$5,200
Toddler (1-2)$120$6,240$100$5,200
Preschool (3-5)$114$5,928$100$5,200
School-Age (6+)$115$5,990$109$5,678
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Todd County Childcare FAQ

Center-based infant care in Todd County costs $120 per week ($6,240 per year). Family-based infant care costs $100 per week ($5,200 per year). Data from the DOL National Database of Childcare Prices.

The Childcare Burden Index for Todd County is 18.5%, rated "High". This means a family earning the median income of $33,792 would spend about 18.5% of their income on infant center-based childcare.

The national median weekly infant center care cost is $174. Todd County at $120/wk is 31% below the national median. Annualized, infant center care in Todd County costs $6,240 per year.

In Todd County, SD, the most affordable option is typically family-based (home) daycare. Infant family daycare costs $100/wk compared to $120/wk for center-based. For preschool-age children, family daycare is $100/wk vs $114/wk at a center. School-age after-care is the least expensive category at $109/wk (family) or $115/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.

The methodology behind every numeric value on this page is publicly documented on the the DOL National Database of Childcare Prices portal and described in detail on this site’s methodology page. Refresh cadence varies by underlying series; the page surfaces the as-of date for each number so readers can trace any figure back to the source release.

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.