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Childcare costs in Leake County, MS

The standout signal in Leake County, MS is sticker price: center infant care runs $6,106/yr (QUIET · quiet-price tercile · #344 of 2,661), 36% below the U.S. average.

Data updated 2026-09-24

$6,106
Center Infant/yr
N/A
Family Infant/yr
$46,669
Median Income
13.1%
% of Income (Infant)

The verdict

Leake County pairs top-quartile cheapest infant care nationally with a moderate income burden on families.

Top 13%
cheapest nationally
Moderate
income-burden tier
#344
of 2,661 priced counties
C
PlainChildcare Composite Score
46/100
Leake County, MS

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 B
Center-based infant care costs 13.1% 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 11.3% of median household income here (national median 10.4%)
Economic hardship F
15.8% poverty rate here (national median 9.3%)
Price-change feed

Quiet-price tercile: center infant care is $6,106/yr (13.1% of median income), absolute stickers are low; capacity and waitlists still bind.

Quiet-book age ladder for Leake County

Age Group Center-Based Family Childcare
Infant $6,106 N/A
Toddler $5,558 N/A
Preschool $5,558 N/A
School Age $5,283 N/A

Where Leake County ranks on infant-care cost

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

$6,106 Among the most affordable more affordable than 87% 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

Leake County vs. every other Mississippi county: income vs. infant-care cost

Median household income (x) vs. average center-based infant care (y) across 30 Mississippi counties with reported prices. Crosshairs at the Mississippi 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 $0$20,000$40,000$60,000$80,000$100,000 $5,500$6,000$6,500$7,000$7,500$8,000$8,500 Median household income Avg. annual infant care

Within Mississippi, Leake County has higher income but lower infant-care cost than the typical Mississippi county (its national standing, top-quartile cheapest infant care nationally, is a separate comparison against every U.S. county, not just its own state).

Leake County sticker reading

The standout signal in Leake County, MS is sticker price: center infant care runs $6,106/yr (QUIET · quiet-price tercile · #344 of 2,661), 36% below the U.S. average.

Mid-burden tercile: Leake County spends 13.1% of a $46,669 median on infant center care (HEAVY). Pair the QUIET 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)

13 years of federal survey data (2010–2022) show how center-based infant care has moved.

+85.1% since 2010
Infant center care: $3,299 → $6,106
$6,106/yr
Most recent annual cost (2022)
13 years
Data available (2010–2022)
2010
$3,299
2011
$3,620
2012
$4,011
2013
$4,401
2014
$4,198
2015
$3,995
2016
$3,792
2017
$4,178
2018
$4,563
2019
$4,949
2020
$5,334
2021
$5,720
2022
$6,106
View full data table (all care types) ▼
Year Ctr Infant
2008 N/A
2009 N/A
2010 $3,299
2011 $3,620
2012 $4,011
2013 $4,401
2014 $4,198
2015 $3,995
2016 $3,792
2017 $4,178
2018 $4,563
2019 $4,949
2020 $5,334
2021 $5,720
2022 $6,106

Nearest infant-price counties in Mississippi

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

Sunflower County, MS
Infant: $6,105 · 16.3% of income
Prentiss County, MS
Infant: $6,109 · 11.8% of income
Jefferson Davis County, MS
Infant: $6,102 · 16.7% of income
Greene County, MS
Infant: $6,112 · 12.2% of income
Monroe County, MS
Infant: $6,098 · 11.9% of income
Quitman County, MS
Infant: $6,116 · 19.6% of income

What to do with Leake County

Infant center care here runs 13.1% of the local median income (HEAVY), check where your own household lands.

  • Leake County spends 13.1% 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
  • $6,106/yr center infant sticker (QUIET) - see how Leake 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 Leake 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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