County childcare costs · DOL NDCP 2022

Childcare costs in Greene County, MS

$6,112 a year for center-based infant care - 12.2% of the local median income, against a national average of $9,592.

Greene County, MS families pay $6,112/year for center-based infant care, according to the U.S. Department of Labor National Database of Childcare Prices. This represents 12.2% of the median household income - exceeding the HHS 7% affordability threshold. Toddler care at a center costs $5,562/year, and preschool-age care is $5,562/year.

$6,112
Center Infant/yr
N/A
Family Infant/yr
$50,000
Median Income
12.2%
% of Income (Infant)

NDCP county market brief

Greene County, MS sticker posture in this snapshot

Entity-varying stamps from DOL NDCP county medians and ACS income burden, not a clone nationwide scaffold.

  1. QUIET NDCP sticker band
  2. HEAVY HHS income share
  3. #347 of 2,662 National infant rank
  4. $6,112 Center infant/yr
  5. Cherokee County Nearest price peer
  6. 4/8 NDCP cells filled
  7. 2022 Survey vintage

Infant-price neighbourhood

Nearest ABS(center_infant) peers in MS (NDCP 2022).

Greene (this)$6,112Prentiss Cou…$6,109Quitman County$6,116Leake County$6,106Sunflower Co…$6,105Jefferson Da…$6,102

Price-band peers

Annual Childcare Costs by Age Group

Age Group Center-Based Family Childcare
Infant $6,112 N/A
Toddler $5,562 N/A
Preschool $5,562 N/A
School Age $5,288 N/A

Where Greene County ranks on infant-care cost

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

$6,112 Among the most affordable more affordable than 87% of 2,662 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

What These Numbers Mean for Greene County Families

Greene County's median household income of $50,000 sets the bar for what counts as affordable care here, putting infant center care at 12.2% of gross income. Against the federal 7% affordability benchmark, the typical family here exceeds the federal affordability line by 5.2 points.Greene County families generally find care more manageable than the national picture, though waitlists at licensed providers remain the real bottleneck.

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.

Center-based infant care costs over 2010–2022 (13 years of NDCP data).

+105.8% since 2010
Infant center care: $2,970 → $6,112
$6,112/yr
Most recent annual cost (2022)
13 years
Data available (2010–2022)
2010
$2,970
2011
$3,305
2012
$3,709
2013
$4,113
2014
$3,996
2015
$3,880
2016
$3,763
2017
$4,154
2018
$4,546
2019
$4,937
2020
$5,328
2021
$5,720
2022
$6,112
View full data table (all care types)
Year Ctr Infant
2008 N/A
2009 N/A
2010 $2,970
2011 $3,305
2012 $3,709
2013 $4,113
2014 $3,996
2015 $3,880
2016 $3,763
2017 $4,154
2018 $4,546
2019 $4,937
2020 $5,328
2021 $5,720
2022 $6,112

PlainChildcare is rendered directly from the U.S. Department of Labor Women's Bureau National Database of Childcare Prices and Census ACS income data, no number is typed in by an editor. County childcare prices and affordability ratios are computed from NDCP and ACS records for this county. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026. Primary sources: DOL Women's Bureau NDCP and U.S. Census Bureau ACS.