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In-Home Daycares in Michigan

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 $160 a week in the middle Michigan county (2022).

in-home daycares listed
3,151
towns
547
towns have their own in-home daycares page
264
of all Michigan daycares
41%

Map of Michigan: 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 Michigan

The typical licensed capacity of a Michigan in-home daycare
12 children
The median capacity on 1,643 Michigan home daycare licenses. Ask how many children come on a usual day and their ages.
group or large family homes
719
Michigan licenses two kinds of home daycare: family homes (924 listed), where one provider cares for a small group, and group or large homes (719), with an assistant and more children.
Infant care at a home daycare, per week, in the middle Michigan county (2022)
$160
The median of 83 county medians, from $132 in the lowest county to $275 in the highest.

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

Michigan

Largest towns for in-home daycares in Michigan

Detroit168 in-home daycaresGrand Rapids128 in-home daycaresSaginaw102 in-home daycaresMuskegon67 in-home daycaresFlint65 in-home daycaresLansing63 in-home daycaresKalamazoo58 in-home daycaresWyoming51 in-home daycaresYpsilanti47 in-home daycaresJackson40 in-home daycaresKentwood38 in-home daycaresGaylord35 in-home daycares

Programs

Programs in Michigan

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 daycares7,685
Take infants376
Child care centers4,534
Accept subsidy123
In-home daycares3,151
Christian & church daycares409
Montessori schools161
Preschools & pre-K956
Early morning daycare534
Part-time daycare208
Drop-in daycare56
Bilingual daycare14
Head Start427

The Michigan state record

Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential, Child Care Licensing Bureau licenses daycares in Michigan.

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
On the state's own site; each listing links to it
Search the Michigan state records

Before you enroll

Choosing an in-home daycare in Michigan

  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.

Michigan

Cost, inspections and ratios in Michigan

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

A to Z

All 547 Michigan towns with in-home daycares, A to Z

A18 towns
B50 towns
C53 towns
D18 towns
E16 towns
F22 towns
G21 towns
H33 towns
I10 towns
J5 towns
K9 towns
L32 towns
M56 towns
N17 towns
O19 towns
P25 towns
Q1 town
R26 towns
S59 towns
T12 towns
U4 towns
V7 towns
W31 towns
Y2 towns
Z1 town

Nearby

Nearby states

Wisconsin2,222 in-home daycaresOhio1,796 in-home daycaresIndiana1,465 in-home daycares

Questions

Questions about in-home daycares in Michigan

How many in-home daycares are in Michigan?

3,151 in-home daycares are listed in 547 Michigan towns. Street addresses are not shown for home daycares. The provider shares the address with families, so call to arrange a visit.

Which Michigan town has the most in-home daycares?

Detroit, with 168 listed. Next are Grand Rapids (128) and Saginaw (102).

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 Michigan?

It depends on the license type and the children's ages. The typical Michigan home daycare license here is for 12 children; each listing shows its own licensed capacity.

Who licenses daycares in Michigan?

Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential, Child Care Licensing Bureau licenses daycares in Michigan. It publishes inspections on its own site; use the state search linked on this page.