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In-Home Daycares in North Carolina

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 $151 a week in the middle North Carolina county (2022).

in-home daycares listed
999
towns
244
towns have their own in-home daycares page
77
of all North Carolina daycares
15%

Map of North Carolina: 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 North Carolina

The typical licensed capacity of a North Carolina in-home daycare
8 children
The median capacity on 968 North Carolina home daycare licenses. Ask how many children come on a usual day and their ages.
Infant care at a home daycare, per week, in the middle North Carolina county (2022)
$151
The median of 98 county medians, from $94 in the lowest county to $271 in the highest.

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

North Carolina

Largest towns for in-home daycares in North Carolina

Charlotte96 in-home daycaresDurham84 in-home daycaresFayetteville64 in-home daycaresRaleigh60 in-home daycaresGreensboro38 in-home daycaresWinston-Salem33 in-home daycaresRoxboro18 in-home daycaresWilmington16 in-home daycaresRocky Mount15 in-home daycaresHigh Point14 in-home daycaresNew Bern14 in-home daycaresCary13 in-home daycares

Programs

Programs in North Carolina

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 daycares6,565
Take infants3,301
Child care centers5,566
Accept subsidy3,210
In-home daycares999
Christian & church daycares605
Montessori schools132
Preschools & pre-K5,228
Early morning daycare970
Part-time daycare171
Drop-in daycare37
After-school care4,110
Bilingual daycare13
Head Start412

The North Carolina state record

North Carolina Division of Child Development and Early Education licenses daycares in North Carolina.

License list
The state's public list of licensed child care
Ages served
The ages on each license
Inspections
Every visit the state publishes back to 2023
Cited rules
Each cited rule, in the state's own wording
Corrections
Correction dates as the state records them
Search the North Carolina state records

Before you enroll

Choosing an in-home daycare in North Carolina

  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.

North Carolina

Cost, inspections and ratios in North Carolina

Daycare cost in North CarolinaWeekly prices by age and countyWhat North Carolina inspectors citeThe rules cited most, and what they meanStaff-to-child ratios in North CarolinaHow many children each adult may care forTour checklist for North CarolinaQuestions to ask when you visit

A to Z

All 244 North Carolina towns with in-home daycares, A to Z

A11 towns
B15 towns
C24 towns
D5 towns
E10 towns
F7 towns
G11 towns
H15 towns
I3 towns
J2 towns
K9 towns
L15 towns
M25 towns
N5 towns
O2 towns
P8 towns
R17 towns
S24 towns
T7 towns
V1 town
W25 towns
Y1 town
Z2 towns

Nearby

Nearby states

Virginia1,528 in-home daycaresGeorgia980 in-home daycaresSouth Carolina688 in-home daycaresTennessee428 in-home daycares

Questions

Questions about in-home daycares in North Carolina

How many in-home daycares are in North Carolina?

999 in-home daycares are listed in 244 North Carolina towns. Street addresses are not shown for home daycares. The provider shares the address with families, so call to arrange a visit.

Which North Carolina town has the most in-home daycares?

Charlotte, with 96 listed. Next are Durham (84) and Fayetteville (64).

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 North Carolina?

It depends on the license type and the children's ages. The typical North Carolina home daycare license here is for 8 children; each listing shows its own licensed capacity.

Who licenses daycares in North Carolina?

North Carolina Division of Child Development and Early Education licenses daycares in North Carolina. It publishes its inspections and the rules it cited, and we copy them onto each listing.