County childcare costs · DOL NDCP 2022

Childcare costs in Arkansas County, AR

Data updated 2026-07-05

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Center Infant/yr
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Family Infant/yr
$58,695
Median Income
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% of Income (Infant)
C
PlainChildcare Composite Score
40/100
Arkansas County, AR

A center-based childcare affordability composite (infant, preschool, and school-age price burden relative to local median income) plus poverty rate, benchmarked against every other tracked county nationally. Not a rating of childcare quality, safety, or availability. Dimensions with no data on file are excluded and their weight redistributed, never counted as zero.

Infant care burden
No center-based infant care price on file for this county
Preschool care burden
No center-based preschool care price on file for this county
School-age care burden
No center-based school-age care price on file for this county
Economic hardship D
10.8% poverty rate here (national median 9.3%)
Price-change feed

Annual childcare costs by age in Arkansas County

Age Group Center-Based Family Childcare
Infant N/A N/A
Toddler N/A N/A
Preschool N/A N/A
School Age N/A N/A

Arkansas County sticker reading

Household affordability can't be assessed for Arkansas County against the HHS 7% benchmark: this county has no reported center-based infant care price in the underlying survey. See the state page for AR for the closest available affordability context.

For how to vet a licensed provider (inspection reports, QRIS ratings, CCDF subsidy intake), see Choosing Quality Childcare. Rate methodology: how these numbers are computed.

The NDCP has tracked center-based infant care here for 8 years, from 2014 through 2021.

+9.3% since 2014
Infant center care: $4,875 → $5,330
$5,330/yr
Most recent annual cost (2021)
8 years
Data available (2014–2021)
2014
$4,875
2015
$4,940
2016
$5,005
2017
$5,070
2018
$5,135
2019
$5,200
2020
$5,265
2021
$5,330
View full data table (all care types)
Year Ctr Infant
2008 N/A
2009 N/A
2010 N/A
2011 N/A
2012 N/A
2013 N/A
2014 $4,875
2015 $4,940
2016 $5,005
2017 $5,070
2018 $5,135
2019 $5,200
2020 $5,265
2021 $5,330
2022 N/A