County childcare costs · DOL NDCP 2022
Childcare costs in Big Horn County, WY
The standout signal in Big Horn County, WY is the center–family premium: center infant care costs $-1,385/yr more than family care (narrow premium tercile) beside a $7,169 center sticker.
Data updated 2026-07-05
- $7,169
- Center Infant/yr
- $8,554
- Family Infant/yr
- $61,262
- Median Income
- 11.7%
- % of Income (Infant)
The verdict
Big Horn County pairs below-national-median infant care costs with a light income burden on families.
- Top 30%
- cheapest nationally
- Light
- income-burden tier
- Narrow
- family-vs-infant price gap
- #803
- of 2,662 priced counties
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.
National sticker context: $9,592 average.
Quiet-price tercile: center infant care is $7,169/yr with family care at $8,554/yr (11.7% of median income), absolute stickers are low; capacity and waitlists still bind.
Quiet-book age ladder for Big Horn County
| Age Group | Center-Based | Family Childcare |
|---|---|---|
| Infant | $7,169 | $8,554 |
| Toddler | $6,721 | $8,052 |
| Preschool | $6,721 | $8,052 |
| School Age | N/A | $8,045 |
Where Big Horn County ranks on infant-care cost
Center-based infant care, every U.S. county with reported prices
$7,169 Among the most affordable more affordable than 70% of 2,662 US counties
Each bar is a $2.5K-wide band; taller bars hold more US counties. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Department of Labor, National Database of Childcare Prices · 2022
Big Horn County vs. every other Wyoming county: income vs. infant-care cost
Median household income (x) vs. average center-based infant care (y) across 21 Wyoming counties with reported prices. Crosshairs at the Wyoming median.
Within Wyoming, Big Horn County has lower income and lower infant-care cost than the typical Wyoming county (its national standing, below-national-median infant care costs, is a separate comparison against every U.S. county, not just its own state).
Big Horn County premium reading
The standout signal in Big Horn County, WY is the center–family premium: center infant care costs $-1,385/yr more than family care (narrow premium tercile) beside a $7,169 center sticker.
Light-burden tercile reading: Big Horn County keeps infant center care at 11.7% of a $61,262 median (OVER7). Sticker still matters (MID), but income share is not the binding constraint versus waitlists and licensed capacity.
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.
Historical Price Trends (2008–2022)
Here's how center-based infant care priced out from 2014 to 2022, across 9 years of NDCP survey data.
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 | $6,946 |
| 2015 | $6,645 |
| 2016 | $6,345 |
| 2017 | $6,043 |
| 2018 | $6,269 |
| 2019 | $6,494 |
| 2020 | $6,719 |
| 2021 | $6,944 |
| 2022 | $7,169 |
Nearest infant-price counties in Wyoming
Ordered by ABS(center_infant) to Big Horn County's MID NDCP sticker - not A-Z chrome.
What to do with Big Horn County
Infant center care here runs 11.7% of the local median income (OVER7), check where your own household lands.
- Big Horn County spends 11.7% of median income on infant center care, above the HHS 7%-of-income affordability line. See exactly where your own household income lands. Affordability calculator
- $7,169/yr center infant sticker (MID) - see how Big Horn County compares against the full national ladder. National rankings
- If care is straining the budget, federal and state programs (CCDF, Head Start) can cut it sharply. Check whether Big Horn County families are likely eligible. Check subsidy eligibility
Figures are NDCP county-level survey medians for 2022 - your local providers set the actual price.