County childcare costs · DOL NDCP 2022
Childcare costs in Caswell County, NC
The standout signal in Caswell County, NC is income burden: infant center care takes 18.5% of median ACS income (HEAVY · heavy-burden tercile), while the sticker sits 10% above the national average.
Data updated 2026-09-24
- $10,531
- Center Infant/yr
- N/A
- Family Infant/yr
- $56,999
- Median Income
- 18.5%
- % of Income (Infant)
The verdict
Caswell County pairs the 32nd percentile for infant-care affordability nationally with a heavy income burden on families.
- 32nd pct.
- affordability nationally
- Heavy
- income-burden tier
- #1,803
- of 2,661 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: $9,593 average.
Steep-price tercile: family infant care here is unreported beside the $10,531 center sticker; toddler center care is $7,317/yr.
Steep-book age ladder for Caswell County
| Age Group | Center-Based | Family Childcare |
|---|---|---|
| Infant | $10,531 | N/A |
| Toddler | $7,317 | N/A |
| Preschool | $6,037 | N/A |
| School Age | $3,271 | N/A |
Where Caswell County ranks on infant-care cost
Center-based infant care, every U.S. county with reported prices
$10,531 more affordable than 32% of 2,661 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
Caswell County vs. every other North Carolina county: income vs. infant-care cost
Median household income (x) vs. average center-based infant care (y) across 30 North Carolina counties with reported prices. Crosshairs at the North Carolina median.
Within North Carolina, Caswell County has higher income and higher infant-care cost than the typical North Carolina county (its national standing, the 32nd percentile for infant-care affordability nationally, is a separate comparison against every U.S. county, not just its own state).
Caswell County burden reading
The standout signal in Caswell County, NC is income burden: infant center care takes 18.5% of median ACS income (HEAVY · heavy-burden tercile), while the sticker sits 10% above the national average.
Heavy-burden tercile counties like Caswell County put infant center care at 18.5% of a $56,999 ACS median, well above the HHS 7% line and already in the steep sticker third of the national book. Treat subsidy and family-setting trade-offs as first-order, not footnotes.
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)
The NDCP has tracked center-based infant care here for 8 years, from 2014 through 2022.
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 | $6,300 |
| 2015 | $7,065 |
| 2016 | $7,916 |
| 2017 | $8,768 |
| 2018 | $9,619 |
| 2019 | $10,471 |
| 2020 | $11,322 |
| 2021 | N/A |
| 2022 | $10,531 |
Nearest infant-price counties in North Carolina
Ordered by ABS(center_infant) to Caswell County's PAR NDCP sticker - not A-Z chrome.
What to do with Caswell County
Infant center care here runs 18.5% of the local median income (HEAVY), check where your own household lands.
- Caswell County spends 18.5% 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
- $10,531/yr center infant sticker (PAR) - see how Caswell 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 Caswell County families are likely eligible. Check subsidy eligibility
Figures are NDCP county-level survey medians for 2022 - your local providers set the actual price.