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In-Home Daycares in Texas

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 $131 a week in the middle Texas county (2022).

in-home daycares listed
4,711
towns
553
towns have their own in-home daycares page
259
of all Texas daycares
33%

Map of Texas: 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 Texas

The typical licensed capacity of a Texas in-home daycare
12 children
The median capacity on 4,711 Texas home daycare licenses. Ask how many children come on a usual day and their ages.
group or large family homes
1,588
Texas licenses two kinds of home daycare: family homes (3,123 listed), where one provider cares for a small group, and group or large homes (1,588), with an assistant and more children.
Infant care at a home daycare, per week, in the middle Texas county (2022)
$131
The median of 254 county medians, from $102 in the lowest county to $206 in the highest.

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

Texas

Largest towns for in-home daycares in Texas

Houston551 in-home daycaresSan Antonio255 in-home daycaresFort Worth165 in-home daycaresKaty130 in-home daycaresAustin109 in-home daycaresEl Paso98 in-home daycaresArlington95 in-home daycaresDallas91 in-home daycaresKilleen73 in-home daycaresLeander60 in-home daycaresAmarillo59 in-home daycaresMckinney59 in-home daycares

Programs

Programs in Texas

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 daycares14,306
Take infants10,340
Child care centers9,595
Accept subsidy5,958
In-home daycares4,711
Christian & church daycares1,317
Montessori schools733
Preschools & pre-K13,150
24-hour daycare159
Night daycare1,367
Early morning daycare6,146
Weekend daycare1,190
Part-time daycare543
Drop-in daycare230
After-school care12,562
Bilingual daycare380
Head Start565

The Texas state record

Texas Health and Human Services, Child Care Regulation licenses daycares in Texas.

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 2021
Cited rules
The inspector's finding, in the state's own words, with the risk level
Corrections
Correction dates as the state records them
Search the Texas state records

Before you enroll

Choosing an in-home daycare in Texas

  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.

Texas

Cost, inspections and ratios in Texas

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

A to Z

All 553 Texas towns with in-home daycares, A to Z

A29 towns
B43 towns
C55 towns
D20 towns
E21 towns
F24 towns
G22 towns
H34 towns
I9 towns
J11 towns
K17 towns
L40 towns
M40 towns
N12 towns
O6 towns
P31 towns
Q1 town
R27 towns
S59 towns
T17 towns
U2 towns
V10 towns
W22 towns
Y1 town

Nearby

Nearby states

Oklahoma1,234 in-home daycaresArkansas188 in-home daycaresLouisiana2,503 daycaresNew Mexico709 daycares

Questions

Questions about in-home daycares in Texas

How many in-home daycares are in Texas?

4,711 in-home daycares are listed in 553 Texas towns. Street addresses are not shown for home daycares. The provider shares the address with families, so call to arrange a visit.

Which Texas town has the most in-home daycares?

Houston, with 551 listed. Next are San Antonio (255) and Fort Worth (165).

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 Texas?

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

Who licenses daycares in Texas?

Texas Health and Human Services, Child Care Regulation licenses daycares in Texas. It publishes its inspections and the rules it cited, and we copy them onto each listing.