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In-Home Daycares in South 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 $134 a week in the middle South Carolina county (2022).

in-home daycares listed
688
towns
155
towns have their own in-home daycares page
68
of all South Carolina daycares
30%

Map of South 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 South Carolina

The typical licensed capacity of a South Carolina in-home daycare
6 children
The median capacity on 688 South Carolina home daycare licenses. Ask how many children come on a usual day and their ages.
group or large family homes
48
South Carolina licenses two kinds of home daycare: family homes (640 listed), where one provider cares for a small group, and group or large homes (48), with an assistant and more children.
Infant care at a home daycare, per week, in the middle South Carolina county (2022)
$134
The median of 46 county medians, from $116 in the lowest county to $154 in the highest.

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

South Carolina

Largest towns for in-home daycares in South Carolina

Columbia65 in-home daycaresFlorence60 in-home daycaresSummerville29 in-home daycaresGreenville20 in-home daycaresSumter19 in-home daycaresLake City15 in-home daycaresRock Hill15 in-home daycaresGoose Creek14 in-home daycaresNorth Charleston14 in-home daycaresLexington12 in-home daycaresHardeeville11 in-home daycaresWalterboro10 in-home daycares

Programs

Programs in South 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 daycares2,292
Take infants311
Child care centers1,604
Accept subsidy31
In-home daycares688
Christian & church daycares293
Montessori schools68
Preschools & pre-K338
Early morning daycare361
Part-time daycare103
Drop-in daycare38
Bilingual daycare20
Head Start179

The South Carolina state record

South Carolina Department of Social Services, Division of Early Care and Education licenses daycares in South Carolina.

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
Corrections
Correction dates as the state records them
Search the South Carolina state records

Before you enroll

Choosing an in-home daycare in South 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.

South Carolina

Cost, inspections and ratios in South Carolina

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

A to Z

All 155 South Carolina towns with in-home daycares, A to Z

A4 towns
B11 towns
C14 towns
D4 towns
E5 towns
F4 towns
G10 towns
H11 towns
I2 towns
  • Inman6 in-home daycares
  • Irmo8 in-home daycares
J6 towns
K2 towns
L19 towns
M9 towns
N3 towns
O2 towns
P8 towns
R6 towns
S17 towns
T5 towns
U1 town
V1 town
W10 towns
Y1 town
  • York5 in-home daycares

Nearby

Nearby states

North Carolina999 in-home daycaresGeorgia980 in-home daycares

Questions

Questions about in-home daycares in South Carolina

How many in-home daycares are in South Carolina?

688 in-home daycares are listed in 155 South Carolina towns. Street addresses are not shown for home daycares. The provider shares the address with families, so call to arrange a visit.

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

Columbia, with 65 listed. Next are Florence (60) and Summerville (29).

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 South Carolina?

It depends on the license type and the children's ages. The typical South Carolina home daycare license here is for 6 children; each listing shows its own licensed capacity.

Who licenses daycares in South Carolina?

South Carolina Department of Social Services, Division of Early Care and Education licenses daycares in South Carolina. It publishes its inspections and the rules it cited, and we copy them onto each listing.