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Daycares in Pennsylvania

Child care centers and home daycares in Pennsylvania, town by town, with the ages each one serves, its hours and, where the state publishes it, its inspection record. Pick a town below, or search by town or ZIP.

daycares listed
6,471
towns
790
take infants
898
accept subsidy
5,759

Map of Pennsylvania: each dot is a town with daycares, sized by how many are listed

Pennsylvania

Largest towns in Pennsylvania

Philadelphia1,656 daycaresPittsburgh318 daycaresAllentown255 daycaresLancaster113 daycaresHarrisburg106 daycaresErie100 daycaresReading98 daycaresYork64 daycaresLebanon55 daycaresBethlehem49 daycaresEaston45 daycaresUpper Darby44 daycares

Programs

Programs in Pennsylvania

Counts come from the state record and what each daycare says it offers. A daycare without a tag may still offer the program; ask.

ProgramListed
Take infants898
Child care centers4,955
Accept subsidy5,759
In-home daycares1,516
Christian & church daycares320
Montessori schools131
Preschools & pre-K1,317
24-hour daycare10
Night daycare294
Early morning daycare2,348
Weekend daycare237
Part-time daycare351
Drop-in daycare63
After-school care3,376
Bilingual daycare45
Head Start174

The Pennsylvania state record

Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, Office of Child Development and Early Learning licenses daycares in Pennsylvania.

License list
The state's public list of licensed child care
Ages served
On some licenses only; elsewhere shown where the daycare gives them
Inspections
Every visit the state publishes back to 2021
Cited rules
The inspector's finding, in the state's own words
Corrections
Correction dates as the state records them
Search the Pennsylvania state records

Pennsylvania

Cost, inspections and ratios in Pennsylvania

Daycare cost in PennsylvaniaWeekly prices by age and countyWhat Pennsylvania inspectors citeThe rules cited most, and what they meanStaff-to-child ratios in PennsylvaniaHow many children each adult may care forTour checklist for PennsylvaniaQuestions to ask when you visit

A to Z

All 790 Pennsylvania towns, A to Z

A29 towns
B62 towns
C73 towns
D34 towns
E43 towns
F31 towns
G27 towns
H43 towns
I5 towns
J14 towns
K13 towns
L40 towns
M79 towns
N35 towns
O17 towns
P38 towns
Q2 towns
R24 towns
S72 towns
T31 towns
U7 towns
V5 towns
W56 towns
Y8 towns
Z2 towns

Nearby

Nearby states

New York18,819 daycaresOhio8,684 daycaresMaryland6,602 daycaresNew Jersey4,080 daycaresDelaware1,189 daycaresWest Virginia1,183 daycares

Questions

Questions about daycare in Pennsylvania

How many daycares are in Pennsylvania?

6,471 daycares are listed across 790 Pennsylvania towns: 4,955 child care centers and 1,516 home daycares.

Who licenses daycares in Pennsylvania?

Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, Office of Child Development and Early Learning licenses daycares in Pennsylvania. It publishes its inspections and the rules it cited, and we copy them onto each listing.

How many Pennsylvania daycares take infants?

898, by the state record or their own description. A daycare without this tag may still take infants; ask.

How many Pennsylvania daycares accept child care subsidies?

5,759 are listed as accepting subsidies. Ask each one whether it has a subsidy spot open now.