County childcare costs · DOL NDCP 2022

Childcare costs in DeSoto County, FL

Data updated 2026-07-05

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Center Infant/yr
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Family Infant/yr
$45,000
Median Income
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% of Income (Infant)
D
PlainChildcare Composite Score
28/100
DeSoto County, FL

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 C
Center-based preschool care costs 12.7% of median household income here (national median 12.5%)
School-age care burden D
Center-based school-age care costs 12.7% of median household income here (national median 10.4%)
Economic hardship F
19% poverty rate here (national median 9.3%)
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Annual childcare costs by age in DeSoto County

Age Group Center-Based Family Childcare
Infant N/A N/A
Toddler $5,720 N/A
Preschool $5,720 N/A
School Age $5,720 N/A

DeSoto County sticker reading

Household affordability can't be assessed for DeSoto 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 FL 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.

Here's how center-based infant care priced out from 2008 to 2017, across 10 years of NDCP survey data.

+17.7% since 2008
Infant center care: $5,726 → $6,738
$6,738/yr
Most recent annual cost (2017)
10 years
Data available (2008–2017)
2008
$5,726
2009
$6,247
2010
$6,245
2011
$6,243
2012
$6,242
2013
$6,240
2014
$6,365
2015
$6,489
2016
$6,614
2017
$6,738
View full data table (all care types)
Year Ctr Infant
2008 $5,726
2009 $6,247
2010 $6,245
2011 $6,243
2012 $6,242
2013 $6,240
2014 $6,365
2015 $6,489
2016 $6,614
2017 $6,738
2018 N/A
2019 N/A
2020 N/A
2021 N/A
2022 N/A