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In-Home Daycares in South Dakota

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 $100 a week in the middle South Dakota county (2022).

in-home daycares listed
277
towns
65
towns have their own in-home daycares page
21
of all South Dakota daycares
40%

Map of South Dakota: 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 Dakota

The typical licensed capacity of a South Dakota in-home daycare
12 children
The median capacity on 277 South Dakota 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 South Dakota county (2022)
$100
The median of 66 county medians, from $100 in the lowest county to $120 in the highest.

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

South Dakota

Largest towns for in-home daycares in South Dakota

Sioux Falls93 in-home daycaresRapid City20 in-home daycaresAberdeen10 in-home daycaresMitchell10 in-home daycaresBrookings9 in-home daycaresYankton9 in-home daycaresBrandon8 in-home daycaresBelle Fourche7 in-home daycaresBox Elder7 in-home daycaresMadison7 in-home daycaresWatertown7 in-home daycaresPierre6 in-home daycares

Programs

Programs in South Dakota

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 daycares698
Take infants43
Child care centers421
Accept subsidy8
In-home daycares277
Christian & church daycares41
Montessori schools6
Preschools & pre-K46
Early morning daycare63
Part-time daycare14
Drop-in daycare10
After-school care120

The South Dakota state record

South Dakota Department of Social Services, Office of Licensing and Accreditation licenses daycares in South Dakota.

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 2022
Cited rules
Each cited rule, in the state's own wording
Search the South Dakota state records

Before you enroll

Choosing an in-home daycare in South Dakota

  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 Dakota

Cost, inspections and ratios in South Dakota

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

A to Z

All 65 South Dakota towns with in-home daycares, A to Z

A3 towns
B8 towns
C5 towns
D2 towns
E2 towns
F3 towns
G1 town
H8 towns
L1 town
M7 towns
N2 towns
P2 towns
R3 towns
S6 towns
T3 towns
V1 town
W7 towns
Y1 town

Nearby

Nearby states

Minnesota5,420 in-home daycaresIowa1,644 in-home daycaresNebraska1,508 in-home daycaresMontana517 in-home daycaresWyoming143 in-home daycaresNorth Dakota20 in-home daycares

Questions

Questions about in-home daycares in South Dakota

How many in-home daycares are in South Dakota?

277 in-home daycares are listed in 65 South Dakota towns. Street addresses are not shown for home daycares. The provider shares the address with families, so call to arrange a visit.

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

Sioux Falls, with 93 listed. Next are Rapid City (20) and Aberdeen (10).

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 Dakota?

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

Who licenses daycares in South Dakota?

South Dakota Department of Social Services, Office of Licensing and Accreditation licenses daycares in South Dakota. It publishes its inspections and the rules it cited, and we copy them onto each listing.