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In-Home Daycares in Ohio

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 $170 a week in the middle Ohio county (2022).

in-home daycares listed
1,796
towns
255
towns have their own in-home daycares page
77
of all Ohio daycares
21%

Map of Ohio: 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 Ohio

Infant care at a home daycare, per week, in the middle Ohio county (2022)
$170
The median of 88 county medians, from $155 in the lowest county to $200 in the highest.

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

Ohio

Largest towns for in-home daycares in Ohio

Cincinnati462 in-home daycaresCleveland163 in-home daycaresColumbus136 in-home daycaresToledo126 in-home daycaresAkron66 in-home daycaresYoungstown58 in-home daycaresDayton54 in-home daycaresLorain36 in-home daycaresEuclid29 in-home daycaresCanton21 in-home daycaresFremont21 in-home daycaresElyria16 in-home daycares

Programs

Programs in Ohio

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 daycares8,684
Take infants84
Child care centers6,888
Accept subsidy15
In-home daycares1,796
Christian & church daycares446
Montessori schools129
Preschools & pre-K922
Night daycare798
Early morning daycare2,680
Weekend daycare505
Part-time daycare28
Drop-in daycare13
After-school care224
Head Start626

The Ohio state record

Ohio Department of Children and Youth licenses daycares in Ohio.

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
Every visit the state publishes back to 2023
Cited rules
Each cited rule, in the state's own wording
Search the Ohio state records

Before you enroll

Choosing an in-home daycare in Ohio

  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.

Ohio

Cost, inspections and ratios in Ohio

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

A to Z

All 255 Ohio towns with in-home daycares, A to Z

A12 towns
B18 towns
C22 towns
D7 towns
E9 towns
F7 towns
G15 towns
H9 towns
I1 town
J4 towns
K4 towns
L13 towns
M26 towns
N16 towns
O9 towns
P12 towns
R9 towns
S24 towns
T9 towns
U1 town
V1 town
W25 towns
Y1 town
Z1 town

Nearby

Nearby states

Michigan3,151 in-home daycaresPennsylvania1,516 in-home daycaresIndiana1,465 in-home daycaresWest Virginia701 in-home daycaresKentucky204 in-home daycares

Questions

Questions about in-home daycares in Ohio

How many in-home daycares are in Ohio?

1,796 in-home daycares are listed in 255 Ohio towns. Street addresses are not shown for home daycares. The provider shares the address with families, so call to arrange a visit.

Which Ohio town has the most in-home daycares?

Cincinnati, with 462 listed. Next are Cleveland (163) and Columbus (136).

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.

Who licenses daycares in Ohio?

Ohio Department of Children and Youth licenses daycares in Ohio. It publishes its inspections and the rules it cited, and we copy them onto each listing.