Infant · Toddler · Preschool · School age
Daycare and child care in Essex, CT
- Licensed programs
- 3
- 2 centers · 1 home-based
- Take infants
- 2
- 1 center · 1 home-based
- Typical infant price
- —
- Too few listed prices
Essex, including Ivoryton, has 3 licensed child care programs: 2 centers and 1 home-based program in Middlesex County.
Room for young children nearby
Fewer spots than most of CT2.3children under 5 for every licensed spot within 10 miles
About 3,310 children under 5 live in CT within 10 miles of Essex (Census, 2020–2024). Programs there that take them are licensed for 1,411, counting any school-age spots, so it’s a bit tighter than this. CT overall: 1.7. See the 37 programs nearby
All 3 licensed programs in Essex
Infant · Toddler · Preschool · School age
Toddler · Preschool · School age
Preschool $1,300/mo
Child care near Essex
37 more programs within 10 miles, in Deep River, Old Saybrook, Westbrook and 8 other towns. Closest first.
25 more programs within 10 miles take infants. Closest first.
28 more programs within 10 miles take toddlers. Closest first.
33 more programs within 10 miles take preschoolers. Closest first.
30 more programs within 10 miles take school-age children. Closest first.
Preschool
School age
Preschool
Infant · Toddler
Toddler $1,820/mo
Infant · Toddler · Preschool · School age
Infant $1,733/moToddler $1,733/moPreschool $1,733/mo
Infant · Toddler · Preschool · School age
Infant · Toddler · Preschool · School age
Infant $1,278/moToddler $1,278/moPreschool $1,278/mo
Infant · Toddler · Preschool · School age
Infant $1,296/moToddler $1,296/moPreschool $1,192/mo
Preschool · School age
Preschool $845/mo
Toddler · Preschool
Infant · Toddler · Preschool
Infant $975/moToddler $975/mo
Daycare in Essex by age
Infant care in Essex
2 programs take infants.
Toddler care in Essex
3 programs take toddlers.
Preschool in Essex
3 programs take preschoolers.
Before- and after-school care in Essex
3 programs take school-age children.
Nearby towns
- Deep River3 programs · about 3.5 mi
- Old Saybrook7 programs · about 4.2 mi
- Westbrook4 programs · about 4.6 mi
- Lyme1 program · about 5.4 mi
- Chester4 programs · about 5.7 mi
- Old Lyme1 program · about 6.2 mi
- Clinton7 programs · about 7.1 mi
- Killingworth6 programs · about 8.7 mi
From Connecticut child care licensing records (Connecticut Office of Early Childhood, on data.ct.gov) and 211 Child Care (United Way of Connecticut), retrieved Nov 2, 2026. Prices, ages and other details come from programs’ listings on 211 Child Care, which programs keep up themselves; neither 211 nor the state verifies them. Always confirm details with the program. This page’s details last changed Nov 2, 2026.