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In-Home Daycares in Wisconsin

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 $155 a week in the middle Wisconsin county (2022).

in-home daycares listed
2,222
towns
308
towns have their own in-home daycares page
95
of all Wisconsin daycares
48%

Map of Wisconsin: 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 Wisconsin

The typical licensed capacity of a Wisconsin in-home daycare
8 children
The median capacity on 2,221 Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin county (2022)
$155
The median of 72 county medians, from $150 in the lowest county to $220 in the highest.

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

Wisconsin

Largest towns for in-home daycares in Wisconsin

Milwaukee1,218 in-home daycaresMadison88 in-home daycaresGreen Bay29 in-home daycaresKenosha29 in-home daycaresRacine28 in-home daycaresAppleton19 in-home daycaresAshland17 in-home daycaresEau Claire16 in-home daycaresStevens Point16 in-home daycaresLa Crosse15 in-home daycaresOshkosh14 in-home daycaresWausau13 in-home daycares

Programs

Programs in Wisconsin

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 daycares4,607
Take infants3,572
Child care centers2,385
Accept subsidy92
In-home daycares2,222
Christian & church daycares162
Montessori schools62
Preschools & pre-K4,400
Night daycare1,548
Early morning daycare3,149
Part-time daycare169
Drop-in daycare49
After-school care4,500
Bilingual daycare41
Head Start180

The Wisconsin state record

Wisconsin Department of Children and Families licenses daycares in Wisconsin.

License list
The state's public list of licensed child care
Ages served
The ages on each license
Inspections
On the state's own site; each listing links to it
Search the Wisconsin state records

Before you enroll

Choosing an in-home daycare in Wisconsin

  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.

Wisconsin

Cost, inspections and ratios in Wisconsin

Daycare cost in WisconsinWeekly prices by age and countyStaff-to-child ratios in WisconsinHow many children each adult may care forDaycare tour checklistQuestions to ask when you visit

A to Z

All 308 Wisconsin towns with in-home daycares, A to Z

A17 towns
B21 towns
C24 towns
D10 towns
E8 towns
F13 towns
G16 towns
H16 towns
I2 towns
J4 towns
K7 towns
L8 towns
M36 towns
N13 towns
O12 towns
P21 towns
R14 towns
S32 towns
T6 towns
V4 towns
W24 towns

Nearby

Nearby states

Illinois5,651 in-home daycaresMinnesota5,420 in-home daycaresMichigan3,151 in-home daycaresIowa1,644 in-home daycares

Questions

Questions about in-home daycares in Wisconsin

How many in-home daycares are in Wisconsin?

2,222 in-home daycares are listed in 308 Wisconsin towns. Street addresses are not shown for home daycares. The provider shares the address with families, so call to arrange a visit.

Which Wisconsin town has the most in-home daycares?

Milwaukee, with 1,218 listed. Next are Madison (88) and Green Bay (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 Wisconsin?

It depends on the license type and the children's ages. The typical Wisconsin home daycare license here is for 8 children; each listing shows its own licensed capacity.

Who licenses daycares in Wisconsin?

Wisconsin Department of Children and Families licenses daycares in Wisconsin. It publishes inspections on its own site; use the state search linked on this page.