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In-Home Daycares in Delaware

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 $156 a week in the middle Delaware county (2022).

in-home daycares listed
591
towns
38
towns have their own in-home daycares page
26
of all Delaware daycares
50%

Map of Delaware: 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 Delaware

The typical licensed capacity of a Delaware in-home daycare
9 children
The median capacity on 590 Delaware home daycare licenses. Ask how many children come on a usual day and their ages.
group or large family homes
93
Delaware licenses two kinds of home daycare: family homes (497 listed), where one provider cares for a small group, and group or large homes (93), with an assistant and more children.
Infant care at a home daycare, per week, in the middle Delaware county (2022)
$156
The median of 3 county medians, from $155 in the lowest county to $182 in the highest.

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

Delaware

Largest towns for in-home daycares in Delaware

Wilmington124 in-home daycaresNewark65 in-home daycaresNew Castle62 in-home daycaresDover49 in-home daycaresBear38 in-home daycaresSeaford37 in-home daycaresMiddletown29 in-home daycaresBridgeville18 in-home daycaresSmyrna16 in-home daycaresFelton14 in-home daycaresGeorgetown13 in-home daycaresLaurel13 in-home daycares

Programs

Programs in Delaware

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 daycares1,189
Take infants767
Child care centers598
Accept subsidy913
In-home daycares591
Christian & church daycares49
Montessori schools22
Preschools & pre-K1,065
Night daycare128
Early morning daycare453
Part-time daycare25
After-school care947
Bilingual daycare14
Head Start38

The Delaware state record

Delaware Department of Education, Office of Child Care Licensing licenses daycares in Delaware.

License list
The state's public list of licensed child care
Ages served
The ages on each license
Inspections
Visits with findings back to 2021; the state does not list visits without findings
Cited rules
The inspector's finding, in the state's own words
Corrections
Correction dates as the state records them
Search the Delaware state records

Before you enroll

Choosing an in-home daycare in Delaware

  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.

Delaware

Cost, inspections and ratios in Delaware

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

A to Z

All 38 Delaware towns with in-home daycares, A to Z

B4 towns
C4 towns
D3 towns
F4 towns
G2 towns
H4 towns
L3 towns
M5 towns
N3 towns
O1 town
S3 towns
T1 town
W1 town

Nearby

Nearby states

Maryland3,997 in-home daycaresPennsylvania1,516 in-home daycaresNew Jersey4,080 daycares

Questions

Questions about in-home daycares in Delaware

How many in-home daycares are in Delaware?

591 in-home daycares are listed in 38 Delaware towns. Street addresses are not shown for home daycares. The provider shares the address with families, so call to arrange a visit.

Which Delaware town has the most in-home daycares?

Wilmington, with 124 listed. Next are Newark (65) and New Castle (62).

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 Delaware?

It depends on the license type and the children's ages. The typical Delaware home daycare license here is for 9 children; each listing shows its own licensed capacity.

Who licenses daycares in Delaware?

Delaware Department of Education, Office of Child Care Licensing licenses daycares in Delaware. It publishes its inspections and the rules it cited, and we copy them onto each listing.