Childcare costs in Clinch County, GA
The standout signal in Clinch County, GA is sticker price: center infant care runs $5,642/yr (QUIET · quiet-price tercile · #143 of 2,662), 41% below the U.S. average.
Quiet-price tercile: center infant care is $5,642/yr with family care at $5,356/yr (10.6% of median income), absolute stickers are low; capacity and waitlists still bind.
- $5,642
- Center Infant/yr
- $5,356
- Family Infant/yr
- $53,350
- Median Income
- 10.6%
- % of Income (Infant)
Quiet-book age ladder for Clinch County
| Age Group | Center-Based | Family Childcare |
|---|---|---|
| Infant | $5,642 | $5,356 |
| Toddler | $5,304 | $5,044 |
| Preschool | $5,304 | $5,044 |
| School Age | $2,860 | $2,361 |
Where Clinch County ranks on infant-care cost
Center-based infant care, every U.S. county with reported prices
$5,642 Among the most affordable more affordable than 92% 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
Full NDCP Care Ladder in Clinch County
Clinch County sits in the quieter-price third (QUIET), complete ladders here still show setting trade-offs even when the absolute sticker is low.
| Age | Center | Family | Center premium |
|---|---|---|---|
| Infant | $5,642 | $5,356 | +$286 (+5.3%) |
| Toddler | $5,304 | $5,044 | +$260 (+5.2%) |
| Preschool | $5,304 | $5,044 | +$260 (+5.2%) |
| School Age | $2,860 | $2,361 | +$499 (+21.1%) |
Across all four ages, a center path totals $19,110/year versus $17,805/year for family care ($1,305 more at a center). Infant center care runs 1.97× school-age center care here. Among the 159Georgia counties with a complete NDCP ladder, Clinch County ranks #20 by infant center price (1 = cheapest).
Clinch County sticker reading
The standout signal in Clinch County, GA is sticker price: center infant care runs $5,642/yr (QUIET · quiet-price tercile · #143 of 2,662), 41% below the U.S. average.
Light-burden tercile reading: Clinch County keeps infant center care at 10.6% of a $53,350 median (OVER7). Sticker still matters (QUIET), 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)
8 years of federal survey data (2015–2022) show how center-based infant care has moved.
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 | N/A |
| 2015 | $4,823 |
| 2016 | $4,940 |
| 2017 | $5,057 |
| 2018 | $5,174 |
| 2019 | $5,291 |
| 2020 | $5,408 |
| 2021 | $5,525 |
| 2022 | $5,642 |
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Ordered by ABS(center_infant) to Clinch County's QUIET NDCP sticker - not A-Z chrome.