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Childcare costs in Gadsden County, FL

The standout signal in Gadsden County, FL is sticker price: center infant care runs $7,150/yr (MID · quiet-price tercile · #800 of 2,661), 25% below the U.S. average.

Data updated 2026-09-24

$7,150
Center Infant/yr
N/A
Family Infant/yr
$45,721
Median Income
15.6%
% of Income (Infant)

The verdict

Gadsden County pairs below-national-median infant care costs with a moderate income burden on families.

Top 30%
cheapest nationally
Moderate
income-burden tier
#800
of 2,661 priced counties
C
PlainChildcare Composite Score
40/100
Gadsden 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 C
Center-based infant care costs 15.6% of median household income here (national median 14.6%)
Preschool care burden C
Center-based preschool care costs 11.9% of median household income here (national median 12.5%)
School-age care burden C
Center-based school-age care costs 10.2% of median household income here (national median 10.4%)
Economic hardship F
17.6% poverty rate here (national median 9.3%)
Price-change feed

Quiet-price tercile: center infant care is $7,150/yr (15.6% of median income), absolute stickers are low; capacity and waitlists still bind.

Quiet-book age ladder for Gadsden County

Age Group Center-Based Family Childcare
Infant $7,150 N/A
Toddler $5,980 N/A
Preschool $5,460 N/A
School Age $4,680 N/A

Where Gadsden County ranks on infant-care cost

Center-based infant care, every U.S. county with reported prices

$7,150 Among the most affordable more affordable than 70% of 2,661 US counties

This county $2,500 $32,500 every U.S. county, bucketed by value

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

Gadsden County vs. every other Florida county: income vs. infant-care cost

Median household income (x) vs. average center-based infant care (y) across 30 Florida counties with reported prices. Crosshairs at the Florida median.

Median household income vs Avg. annual infant care 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Median household income (X) and Avg. annual infant care (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. High income, high costLow income, high costHigh income, low costLow income, low cost $30,000$40,000$50,000$60,000$70,000$80,000$90,000 $6,000$8,000$10,000$12,000$14,000 Median household income Avg. annual infant care

Within Florida, Gadsden County has lower income and lower infant-care cost than the typical Florida county (its national standing, below-national-median infant care costs, is a separate comparison against every U.S. county, not just its own state).

Gadsden County sticker reading

The standout signal in Gadsden County, FL is sticker price: center infant care runs $7,150/yr (MID · quiet-price tercile · #800 of 2,661), 25% below the U.S. average.

Mid-burden tercile: Gadsden County spends 15.6% of a $45,721 median on infant center care (HEAVY). Pair the MID sticker with the age-group table before treating any single cell as the household story.

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)

15 years of federal survey data (2008–2022) show how center-based infant care has moved.

+40.3% since 2008
Infant center care: $5,097 → $7,150
$7,150/yr
Most recent annual cost (2022)
15 years
Data available (2008–2022)
2008
$5,097
2009
$5,423
2010
$5,607
2011
$5,791
2012
$5,975
2013
$6,160
2014
$6,282
2015
$6,403
2016
$6,506
2017
$6,609
2018
$6,712
2019
$6,814
2020
$6,917
2021
$7,020
2022
$7,150
View full data table (all care types) ▼
Year Ctr Infant
2008 $5,097
2009 $5,423
2010 $5,607
2011 $5,791
2012 $5,975
2013 $6,160
2014 $6,282
2015 $6,403
2016 $6,506
2017 $6,609
2018 $6,712
2019 $6,814
2020 $6,917
2021 $7,020
2022 $7,150

Nearest infant-price counties in Florida

Ordered by ABS(center_infant) to Gadsden County's MID NDCP sticker - not A-Z chrome.

Baker County, FL
Infant: $7,280 · 10.7% of income
Madison County, FL
Infant: $7,280 · 16.8% of income
Suwannee County, FL
Infant: $6,760 · 13.6% of income
Hardee County, FL
Infant: $7,800 · 17.5% of income
Jefferson County, FL
Infant: $7,800 · 15.1% of income
Columbia County, FL
Infant: $8,112 · 15.2% of income

What to do with Gadsden County

Infant center care here runs 15.6% of the local median income (HEAVY), check where your own household lands.

  • Gadsden County spends 15.6% 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
  • $7,150/yr center infant sticker (MID) - see how Gadsden 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 Gadsden County families are likely eligible. Check subsidy eligibility

Figures are NDCP county-level survey medians for 2022 - your local providers set the actual price.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, National Database of Childcare Prices (2022); median household income: U.S. Census ACS. See methodology for how costs and affordability are computed. As-of September 2026.

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