County childcare costs · DOL NDCP 2022
Childcare costs in Henrico County, VA
The standout signal in Henrico County, VA is sticker price: center infant care runs $13,684/yr (STEEP · steep-price tercile · #2,357 of 2,661), 43% above the U.S. average.
Data updated 2026-09-24
- $13,684
- Center Infant/yr
- $9,268
- Family Infant/yr
- $82,424
- Median Income
- 16.6%
- % of Income (Infant)
The verdict
Henrico County pairs the 11th percentile for infant-care affordability nationally with a moderate income burden on families.
- 11th pct.
- affordability nationally
- Moderate
- income-burden tier
- Wide
- family-vs-infant price gap
- #2,357
- 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.
Steep-price tercile: family infant care here is $9,268/yr beside the $13,684 center sticker; toddler center care is $9,918/yr.
Steep-book age ladder for Henrico County
| Age Group | Center-Based | Family Childcare |
|---|---|---|
| Infant | $13,684 | $9,268 |
| Toddler | $9,918 | $7,503 |
| Preschool | $9,711 | $7,467 |
| School Age | $8,051 | $5,867 |
Where Henrico County ranks on infant-care cost
Center-based infant care, every U.S. county with reported prices
$13,684 more affordable than 11% 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
Henrico County vs. every other Virginia county: income vs. infant-care cost
Median household income (x) vs. average center-based infant care (y) across 30 Virginia counties with reported prices. Crosshairs at the Virginia median.
Within Virginia, Henrico County has higher income and higher infant-care cost than the typical Virginia county (its national standing, the 11th percentile for infant-care affordability nationally, is a separate comparison against every U.S. county, not just its own state).
Full NDCP Care Ladder in Henrico County
Henrico County sits in the steep-price third of NDCP-priced counties (STEEP), read center premiums and the infant-to-school-age drop as county-specific, not a clone caption.
| Age | Center | Family | Center premium |
|---|---|---|---|
| Infant | $13,684 | $9,268 | +$4,416 (+47.6%) |
| Toddler | $9,918 | $7,503 | +$2,415 (+32.2%) |
| Preschool | $9,711 | $7,467 | +$2,244 (+30.1%) |
| School Age | $8,051 | $5,867 | +$2,184 (+37.2%) |
Across all four ages, a center path totals $41,364/year versus $30,105/year for family care ($11,259 more at a center). Infant center care runs 1.7× school-age center care here. Among the 134Virginia counties with a complete NDCP ladder, Henrico County ranks #119 by infant center price (1 = cheapest).
Henrico County sticker reading
The standout signal in Henrico County, VA is sticker price: center infant care runs $13,684/yr (STEEP · steep-price tercile · #2,357 of 2,661), 43% above the U.S. average.
Mid-burden tercile: Henrico County spends 16.6% of a $82,424 median on infant center care (HEAVY). Pair the STEEP 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)
Center-based infant care costs over 2009–2022 (13 years of NDCP data).
View full data table (all care types) ▼
| Year | Ctr Infant |
|---|---|
| 2008 | N/A |
| 2009 | $10,270 |
| 2010 | $10,712 |
| 2011 | $11,154 |
| 2012 | $11,596 |
| 2013 | $11,891 |
| 2014 | $12,185 |
| 2015 | $12,480 |
| 2016 | $12,740 |
| 2017 | $13,000 |
| 2018 | $13,260 |
| 2019 | $13,520 |
| 2020 | $13,780 |
| 2021 | N/A |
| 2022 | $13,684 |
Nearest infant-price counties in Virginia
Ordered by ABS(center_infant) to Henrico County's STEEP NDCP sticker - not A-Z chrome.
What to do with Henrico County
Infant center care here runs 16.6% of the local median income (HEAVY), check where your own household lands.
- Henrico County spends 16.6% 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
- $13,684/yr center infant sticker (STEEP) - see how Henrico 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 Henrico County families are likely eligible. Check subsidy eligibility
Figures are NDCP county-level survey medians for 2022 - your local providers set the actual price.