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In-Home Daycares in Virginia

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 $158 a week in the middle Virginia county (2022).

in-home daycares listed
1,528
towns
186
towns have their own in-home daycares page
66
of all Virginia daycares
31%

Map of Virginia: 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 Virginia

The typical licensed capacity of a Virginia in-home daycare
12 children
The median capacity on 1,515 Virginia 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 Virginia county (2022)
$158
The median of 133 county medians, from $93 in the lowest county to $385 in the highest.

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

Virginia

Largest towns for in-home daycares in Virginia

Alexandria169 in-home daycaresSpringfield85 in-home daycaresWoodbridge66 in-home daycaresFalls Church65 in-home daycaresArlington55 in-home daycaresFairfax55 in-home daycaresRichmond50 in-home daycaresAshburn44 in-home daycaresHerndon44 in-home daycaresChantilly40 in-home daycaresVirginia Beach37 in-home daycaresAnnandale33 in-home daycares

Programs

Programs in Virginia

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 daycares4,997
Take infants2,378
Child care centers3,469
Accept subsidy2,729
In-home daycares1,528
Christian & church daycares907
Montessori schools265
Preschools & pre-K4,133
24-hour daycare73
Night daycare348
Early morning daycare1,816
Weekend daycare78
Part-time daycare342
Drop-in daycare64
After-school care3,939
Bilingual daycare93
Head Start166

The Virginia state record

Virginia Department of Education, Office of Child Care Health and Safety licenses daycares in Virginia.

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 2012
Cited rules
The inspector's finding, in the state's own words
Search the Virginia state records

Before you enroll

Choosing an in-home daycare in Virginia

  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.

Virginia

Cost, inspections and ratios in Virginia

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

A to Z

All 186 Virginia towns with in-home daycares, A to Z

A11 towns
B13 towns
C21 towns
D6 towns
E3 towns
F10 towns
G8 towns
H10 towns
I2 towns
J1 town
K1 town
L11 towns
M12 towns
N10 towns
O2 towns
P10 towns
Q1 town
R13 towns
S17 towns
T5 towns
V3 towns
W15 towns
Y1 town

Nearby

Nearby states

Maryland3,997 in-home daycaresNorth Carolina999 in-home daycaresWest Virginia701 in-home daycaresTennessee428 in-home daycaresKentucky204 in-home daycaresDistrict of Columbia90 in-home daycares

Questions

Questions about in-home daycares in Virginia

How many in-home daycares are in Virginia?

1,528 in-home daycares are listed in 186 Virginia towns. Street addresses are not shown for home daycares. The provider shares the address with families, so call to arrange a visit.

Which Virginia town has the most in-home daycares?

Alexandria, with 169 listed. Next are Springfield (85) and Woodbridge (66).

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 Virginia?

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

Who licenses daycares in Virginia?

Virginia Department of Education, Office of Child Care Health and Safety licenses daycares in Virginia. It publishes its inspections and the rules it cited, and we copy them onto each listing.