County childcare costs · DOL NDCP 2022
Childcare costs in Hot Springs County, WY
The standout signal in Hot Springs County, WY is income burden: infant center care takes 9.2% of median ACS income (OVER7 · light-burden tercile), while the sticker sits 38% below the national average.
Data updated 2026-09-24
- $5,915
- Center Infant/yr
- N/A
- Family Infant/yr
- $64,031
- Median Income
- 9.2%
- % of Income (Infant)
The verdict
Hot Springs County pairs top-quartile cheapest infant care nationally with a light income burden on families.
- Top 11%
- cheapest nationally
- Light
- income-burden tier
- #289
- 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.
National sticker context: $9,593 average.
Quiet-price tercile: center infant care is $5,915/yr (9.2% of median income), absolute stickers are low; capacity and waitlists still bind.
Quiet-book age ladder for Hot Springs County
| Age Group | Center-Based | Family Childcare |
|---|---|---|
| Infant | $5,915 | N/A |
| Toddler | $5,423 | N/A |
| Preschool | $5,423 | N/A |
| School Age | N/A | N/A |
Where Hot Springs County ranks on infant-care cost
Center-based infant care, every U.S. county with reported prices
$5,915 Among the most affordable more affordable than 89% 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
Hot Springs County vs. every other Wyoming county: income vs. infant-care cost
Median household income (x) vs. average center-based infant care (y) across 21 Wyoming counties with reported prices. Crosshairs at the Wyoming median.
Within Wyoming, Hot Springs County has lower income and lower infant-care cost than the typical Wyoming county (its national standing, top-quartile cheapest infant care nationally, is a separate comparison against every U.S. county, not just its own state).
Hot Springs County burden reading
The standout signal in Hot Springs County, WY is income burden: infant center care takes 9.2% of median ACS income (OVER7 · light-burden tercile), while the sticker sits 38% below the national average.
Light-burden tercile reading: Hot Springs County keeps infant center care at 9.2% of a $64,031 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)
9 years of federal survey data (2014–2022) 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 | $7,296 |
| 2015 | $7,009 |
| 2016 | $6,722 |
| 2017 | $6,435 |
| 2018 | $6,331 |
| 2019 | $6,227 |
| 2020 | $6,123 |
| 2021 | $6,019 |
| 2022 | $5,915 |
Nearest infant-price counties in Wyoming
Ordered by ABS(center_infant) to Hot Springs County's QUIET NDCP sticker - not A-Z chrome.
What to do with Hot Springs County
Infant center care here runs 9.2% of the local median income (OVER7), check where your own household lands.
- Hot Springs County spends 9.2% 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
- $5,915/yr center infant sticker (QUIET) - see how Hot Springs 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 Hot Springs County families are likely eligible. Check subsidy eligibility
Figures are NDCP county-level survey medians for 2022 - your local providers set the actual price.