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In-Home Daycares in New York

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 $190 a week in the middle New York county (2022).

in-home daycares listed
11,811
towns
797
towns have their own in-home daycares page
358
of all New York daycares
63%

Map of New York: 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 New York

The typical licensed capacity of a New York in-home daycare
16 children
The median capacity on 11,811 New York home daycare licenses. Ask how many children come on a usual day and their ages.
group or large family homes
9,630
New York licenses two kinds of home daycare: family homes (2,181 listed), where one provider cares for a small group, and group or large homes (9,630), with an assistant and more children.
Infant care at a home daycare, per week, in the middle New York county (2022)
$190
The median of 62 county medians, from $190 in the lowest county to $300 in the highest.

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

New York

Largest towns for in-home daycares in New York

Bronx3,362 in-home daycaresBrooklyn1,545 in-home daycaresNew York687 in-home daycaresRochester450 in-home daycaresYonkers225 in-home daycaresStaten Island201 in-home daycaresSyracuse181 in-home daycaresJamaica146 in-home daycaresFreeport135 in-home daycaresBuffalo129 in-home daycaresHempstead124 in-home daycaresBrentwood117 in-home daycares

Programs

Programs in New York

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 daycares18,819
Take infants2,017
Child care centers7,008
Accept subsidy229
In-home daycares11,811
Christian & church daycares284
Montessori schools223
Preschools & pre-K4,338
Early morning daycare766
Part-time daycare363
Drop-in daycare98
After-school care3,511
Bilingual daycare200
Head Start469

The New York state record

New York State Office of Children and Family Services licenses daycares in New York.

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
Search the New York state records

Before you enroll

Choosing an in-home daycare in New York

  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.

New York

Cost, inspections and ratios in New York

Daycare cost in New YorkWeekly prices by age and countyWhat New York inspectors citeThe rules cited most, and what they meanStaff-to-child ratios in New YorkHow many children each adult may care forTour checklist for New YorkQuestions to ask when you visit

A to Z

All 797 New York towns with in-home daycares, A to Z

A36 towns
B54 towns
C75 towns
D21 towns
E32 towns
F27 towns
G38 towns
H56 towns
I9 towns
J12 towns
K10 towns
L40 towns
M65 towns
N46 towns
O19 towns
P44 towns
Q3 towns
R31 towns
S82 towns
T14 towns
U4 towns
V9 towns
W65 towns
Y5 towns

Nearby

Nearby states

Massachusetts5,874 in-home daycaresConnecticut1,783 in-home daycaresPennsylvania1,516 in-home daycaresVermont399 in-home daycaresNew Jersey4,080 daycares

Questions

Questions about in-home daycares in New York

How many in-home daycares are in New York?

11,811 in-home daycares are listed in 797 New York towns. Street addresses are not shown for home daycares. The provider shares the address with families, so call to arrange a visit.

Which New York town has the most in-home daycares?

Bronx, with 3,362 listed. Next are Brooklyn (1,545) and New York (687).

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 New York?

It depends on the license type and the children's ages. The typical New York home daycare license here is for 16 children; each listing shows its own licensed capacity.

Who licenses daycares in New York?

New York State Office of Children and Family Services licenses daycares in New York. It publishes its inspections and the rules it cited, and we copy them onto each listing.