I like my daycare. We've been with them for almost 4 years.
I work at home, but it's a 8-5 gig where I need to be concentrating and on the phone, so LO is in daycare.
The center we are using now is just over 5 miles from the house (and 10 minutes). I drive 104 miles a week (200 minutes). It's crazy that I drive that much, and work at home!
There is a center less than 2 miles from the house. I liked them initially, but didn't go with them because at the time they had only been open a few months. Now they've been open a lot longer.
The prices are within a few dollars of each other, so that's not really a factor at all. It's really all about gas and drive-time.
Another positive is that they are in our school district and do school-age care. (My oldest fends for himself after school until I get done working.)
Did I mention that we really like his current daycare? Would I be crazy to go tour the closer center and think about disrupting him?