How Much Does Your Local Pool Charge to Get In?

We went to a public pool last weekend and they charged $2 per person aged 7 and up. I thought it was reasonable.

You are getting a good deal compared to my area. The pool near me is $12 adults, $8 for kids! After 4 pm it is only $5 (they are open until 7).

$4 for adults, $2.50 for children under 18. Open swim is from 1:15-3:15 and then again in the evening. There's lap swim and swim lessons in between the two open swims.

I suggest that you have a choice. Higher taxes or higher pool use fees? The pool and it's management and upkeep has to be paid for somehow.

$3 for four hours worth of entertainment?!
What a bargain!
Compared to movies, museums, skating, bowling, sporting events, lessons/classes, gym memberships, etc. I can't think of a single thing that costs less, except the local neighborhood park or library, which of course is supported by our tax dollars.
Check into the cost of having your own pool, or joining a swim club, I'm sure $3 will seem like nothing :)

We have hour-long swim times at $3.75 a pop. Not that we stay in the water that long anyways since my daughter is usually cold after 45 minutes.
Three bucks for 4 hours sounds like a good deal to me...

$5.00 per adult
$4.00 per child 4-12

I think it's expensive, but it's also a pretty fun pool...

Without a pass, our pools are $7 per resident, $9 non-resident, under 2 is free. They each have different hours, but all are open longer than 4 hours, however, it's over twice the price!

our association charges $25 for each season pool pass for residents...we can go to ANY pool in Reston.

If we have guests...it's $5.00 per person. I THINK children under 5 are free..

the only "public" pool in my area is the YMCA and it is $2/person over 2. And $3 for adults. We only have 3 hours of open swim time during the week and 5 hour on weekends.

Course we could become a members to the Y, but at $70/month/family just for the pool... a bit excessive, and too much for my budget. :/

our neighborhood pool is free. I had to buy a guest pass, but to go it doesn't cost anything

We have 2 different pools. One has a water-park slide, a pool for little ones, a small lazy river, and a separate lap pool. The other is much smaller, but does have a little lazy river and a medium sized slide. It's geared toward the smaller crowd 5 and under. The big pool is $4.00 (3 and under free), the smaller one is $2.00, also free for under 3. They are both open 10:00-8:00 daily. $6.00-$8.00 are considered "twilight" hours and admission is discounted $1.00

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$8 for kids, $9 for adults. We are in a Chicago suburb and I think this is pretty typical for our area.

Our city offers a pool pass. I'm not sure of the current price, but 3 years ago it was $5 for the year. It included the indoor pool at one of the high schools for the winter months, only on certain evenings. In the summer it includes the pool at the park, which has limited hours.

On the other hand a public town pool in a neighboring town charges over $500 for an annual family pass.

It very much depends on where you live. Even for 4 hours, that's low here.

Last time I went to a county pool it was something like $6/adult and $4 per kid under 12 but that was last year. It has a lot more than our private pool (a lazy river, a kiddie area with fountain). Our private community pool is $5 during the week for all and $7 on raft nights for guests. They charge for babies who are walking. The county charges for kids over 2. We have a summer family membership to the local pool so the per day/per person charge is variable when you average the whole summer. I don't recall the county pool hours, but our pool is $5 for the whole day - 11:30 AM to 8:30 PM.

We have a neighborhood pool open from 11am-8pm every day. It's $425 for the whole summer. I think it's reasonable considering we do NOTHING else but swim all summer (no camps etc.) Camps in our area can run $300 week!

An Arm and a Leg!!

$3/child
$4/adult
4 hrs of swim time

Pool sessions are 1.5 hours here and we pay $4 per adult and $3 per child. So your cost sounds great to me.

I think that's low. We have yet to go this year, but I think I remember it being $6-8. Maybe less for kids. It's only open for 4 hours? Weird.

I pay 195.00 for a season's pass for my family of 4. We love our neighborhood pool and we are there all the time in the summer. We easily get our money's worth and save money over what we'd pay if we paid the daily rate, which I believe is 5.00 for a day pass for each of us. I love that we all get our own card so if my kid's get invited to go with their friends I just had them their pass card, and off they go.

We have a 1/2 summer membership that cost around $230 for 4 people. Our pool is open daily from noon to 8pm. Guests over 2yrs old cost $8 each on weekdays, $10 on weekends. We rarely go for more than 3hours, it's just too much sun for my kids, even slathered with sunscreen. I think $3 for 4 hours is super cheap, but then again, I live in a ridiculously expensive area, so maybe I'm paying way too much.

we pay $110 for a family pass that you can go to 2 pools. Both super fun! open 1130am - 8pm. or you can pay $6 if you dont have a pass.

I believe our city pool is 1.50 per person.

Wow reading everyones answers, I need to quit complaining. we have several pools. One is just a pool, not a partk, is 75 cents. the others are 2.50 up to 16yrs and 3 for adults. and they are open till 7pm. So that seems pricey to me, for only 4hours. heck you can buy a pool for 250 at walmart. thats what we are thinking we are gonna do.

Well a decent 1 bed / 1 bath condo (no in unit washer/dryer and no parking.... also window air conditioner, not central air) here on the north side of Chicago AND probably on a major street above retail will run you about $250,000. But don't think you get a good school for that!!!!!!!!

BUT - our park district has free pools and they're actually quite nice!!!!!!!!!! Bargain =D

Our local splash pad, located only a block from my house is free. But we don't have a pool in town.

$5 for adults and 2.50 for children for our indoor aquatic center. The neighborhood pool has a yearly membership fee of $380. Our kids only last 1-2 hours at the pool and they are wiped out so we usually only go for about an hour and a half.

Do you mean you dont have to have a membership? Here, as a guest of a member you pay anywhere from 5 -10.00 a person, depending on which swim club.

We have an 18x48 intex. It is well worth the money. You dont have to worry about fees, cleanliness or overcrowding :)

I pay nothing for mine since my husband is in the military. But I am not sure how much they charge for non military members.

The one right by my house is $1 for kids and $3 per adult. The one about 30 minutes away is bigger and is $1 for kids and $2 per adult. They also let you bring in your own food and drinks. However, we go to the Golfland/Sunsplash that is the huge water park. Normally its $30 each to get in but we paid $65 each for summer passes. Awesome deal! We have gone about 6 or 7 times already.

It is $2-$4 in our area. Dallas burb

The community pool in our neighborhood is free, you just use your key card.

We go to our country club because it is super clean and no worries.

Can you buy a season pass? Our pools are $4/person. They are open from noon to 8. If you buy a season pass it's only $95 for the family.

I do not think $3 for four hours is very expensive. I cannot think of one place that you can go for $3 for an afternoon. Even an afternoon movie
is $5 and that is for two hours.

Ummm.. I'm pretty sure the going rate is $5 per ANY person! I've gotta friend with a pool, hot tub, waterfall (yes, she lives 50 min away, but whatever- her pool is beautiful, she's a certified diver/lifeguard/expert-level swimmer, and it isn't crowded!)

We live in "recession-proof" Northern Va/DC area. EVERYTHING is more expensive, just about.