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In-Home Daycares in Alabama

An in-home daycare is a licensed family child care home: the provider looks after a small group of children in their own home. Full-time infant care at a home daycare costs a median of $129 a week in the middle Alabama county (2022).

in-home daycares listed
453
towns
159
towns have their own in-home daycares page
38
of all Alabama daycares
20%

Map of Alabama: each dot is a town with in-home daycares, sized by how many are listed

In-home daycare
What puts a daycare on this listThe state license record lists it as a family or group child care home (family child care), where the provider cares for a small group in their own home. Where no state license record is available, its business listing names it a family day care.Street addresses are not shown for home daycares. The provider shares the address with families, so call to arrange a visit.

In-home daycare

What in-home daycare looks like in Alabama

The typical licensed capacity of a Alabama in-home daycare
6 children
The median capacity on 445 Alabama home daycare licenses. Ask how many children come on a usual day and their ages.
group or large family homes
196
Alabama licenses two kinds of home daycare: family homes (249 listed), where one provider cares for a small group, and group or large homes (196), with an assistant and more children.
Infant care at a home daycare, per week, in the middle Alabama county (2022)
$129
The median of 67 county medians, from $83 in the lowest county to $146 in the highest.

County prices: U.S. Department of Labor, National Database of Childcare Prices, 2022 (median full-time weekly price).

Alabama

Largest towns for in-home daycares in Alabama

Mobile51 in-home daycaresBirmingham38 in-home daycaresMontgomery29 in-home daycaresHuntsville24 in-home daycaresBessemer11 in-home daycaresDecatur11 in-home daycaresOpelika9 in-home daycaresTuscaloosa9 in-home daycaresMadison7 in-home daycaresAnniston6 in-home daycaresAuburn6 in-home daycaresMillbrook5 in-home daycares

Programs

Programs in Alabama

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
All daycares2,286
Take infants1,773
Child care centers1,833
Accept subsidy37
In-home daycares453
Christian & church daycares528
Montessori schools27
Preschools & pre-K2,148
Night daycare345
Early morning daycare1,449
Part-time daycare61
Drop-in daycare19
After-school care1,565
Head Start175

The Alabama state record

Alabama Department of Human Resources, Child Care Services Division licenses daycares in Alabama.

License list
The state's public list of licensed child care
Ages served
The ages on each license
Inspections
On the state's own site; each listing links to it
Search the Alabama state records

Before you enroll

Choosing an in-home daycare in Alabama

  1. 1

    Ask who else is in the home

    Ask who lives in the home and who helps with the children. Many states require background checks for adults living in a licensed home.

  2. 2

    Ask about backup care

    With one provider, a sick day or vacation closes the daycare. Ask how many days a year they close and what families do then.

  3. 3

    Ask about the group

    Ask how many children come each day and their ages. A home daycare often mixes babies and school-age children in one group.

  4. 4

    Check the license record

    Open the daycare's page here to see its license type, capacity and the state's inspection record, where we hold them.

Alabama

Cost, inspections and ratios in Alabama

Daycare cost in AlabamaWeekly prices by age and countyStaff-to-child ratios in AlabamaHow many children each adult may care forDaycare tour checklistQuestions to ask when you visit

A to Z

All 159 Alabama towns with in-home daycares, A to Z

A15 towns
B10 towns
C12 towns
D7 towns
E9 towns
F9 towns
G8 towns
H13 towns
I1 town
J2 towns
L8 towns
M14 towns
N2 towns
O3 towns
P5 towns
R9 towns
S11 towns
T13 towns
V2 towns
W6 towns

Nearby

Nearby states

Florida1,151 in-home daycaresGeorgia980 in-home daycaresTennessee428 in-home daycaresMississippi1,098 daycares

Questions

Questions about in-home daycares in Alabama

How many in-home daycares are in Alabama?

453 in-home daycares are listed in 159 Alabama towns. Street addresses are not shown for home daycares. The provider shares the address with families, so call to arrange a visit.

Which Alabama town has the most in-home daycares?

Mobile, with 51 listed. Next are Birmingham (38) and Montgomery (29).

What is the difference between in-home daycare and family child care?

They are the same thing. State licenses call it a family child care home (or a group or large family home when there is an assistant): a provider caring for a small group of children in their own home.

How many children can a home daycare have in Alabama?

It depends on the license type and the children's ages. The typical Alabama home daycare license here is for 6 children; each listing shows its own licensed capacity.

Who licenses daycares in Alabama?

Alabama Department of Human Resources, Child Care Services Division licenses daycares in Alabama. It publishes inspections on its own site; use the state search linked on this page.