County childcare costs · DOL NDCP 2022
Childcare costs in Lincoln Parish, LA
The standout signal in Lincoln Parish, LA is income burden: infant center care takes 22.0% of median ACS income (DESERT · heavy-burden tercile), while the sticker sits 15% below the national average.
Data updated 2026-07-05
- $8,147
- Center Infant/yr
- $7,107
- Family Infant/yr
- $37,001
- Median Income
- 22.0%
- % of Income (Infant)
The verdict
Lincoln Parish pairs below-national-median infant care costs with a heavy income burden on families.
- Top 42%
- cheapest nationally
- Heavy
- income-burden tier
- Moderate
- family-vs-infant price gap
- #1,109
- of 2,662 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: $9,592 average.
Center-based infant care in Lincoln Parish, LA costs $8,147/year, while family childcare is $7,107/year, based on National Database of Childcare Prices survey data from the U.S. Department of Labor. This represents 22.0% of the median household income, exceeding the HHS 7% affordability threshold. Toddler care at a center costs $7,768/year.
Heavy-burden age costs in Lincoln Parish
| Age Group | Center-Based | Family Childcare |
|---|---|---|
| Infant | $8,147 | $7,107 |
| Toddler | $7,768 | $7,107 |
| Preschool | $7,465 | $7,193 |
| School Age | $6,930 | $6,240 |
Where Lincoln Parish ranks on infant-care cost
Center-based infant care, every U.S. county with reported prices
$8,147 more affordable than 58% of 2,662 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
Lincoln Parish vs. every other Louisiana county: income vs. infant-care cost
Median household income (x) vs. average center-based infant care (y) across 30 Louisiana counties with reported prices. Crosshairs at the Louisiana median.
Within Louisiana, Lincoln Parish has lower income but higher infant-care cost than the typical Louisiana county (its national standing, below-national-median infant care costs, is a separate comparison against every U.S. county, not just its own state).
Full NDCP Care Ladder in Lincoln Parish
Complete NDCP ladder under a heavy-burden tercile (22.0% of ACS median, DESERT), compare center premiums before treating sticker alone as the story.
| Age | Center | Family | Center premium |
|---|---|---|---|
| Infant | $8,147 | $7,107 | +$1,040 (+14.6%) |
| Toddler | $7,768 | $7,107 | +$661 (+9.3%) |
| Preschool | $7,465 | $7,193 | +$272 (+3.8%) |
| School Age | $6,930 | $6,240 | +$690 (+11.1%) |
Across all four ages, a center path totals $30,310/year versus $27,647/year for family care ($2,663 more at a center). Infant center care runs 1.18× school-age center care here. Among the 64Louisiana counties with a complete NDCP ladder, Lincoln Parish ranks #50 by infant center price (1 = cheapest).
Lincoln Parish burden reading
The standout signal in Lincoln Parish, LA is income burden: infant center care takes 22.0% of median ACS income (DESERT · heavy-burden tercile), while the sticker sits 15% below the national average.
Heavy-burden tercile counties like Lincoln Parish put infant center care at 22.0% of a $37,001 ACS median, well above the HHS 7% line. Treat subsidy and family-setting trade-offs as first-order, not footnotes.
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.
View full data table (all care types) ▼
| Year | Ctr Infant |
|---|---|
| 2008 | $4,875 |
| 2009 | $4,940 |
| 2010 | $5,200 |
| 2011 | $5,460 |
| 2012 | $5,720 |
| 2013 | $5,720 |
| 2014 | $5,815 |
| 2015 | $6,060 |
| 2016 | $6,327 |
| 2017 | $6,630 |
| 2018 | $6,933 |
| 2019 | $7,237 |
| 2020 | $7,540 |
| 2021 | $7,843 |
| 2022 | $8,147 |
Nearest infant-price counties in Louisiana
Ordered by ABS(center_infant) to Lincoln Parish's MID NDCP sticker - not A-Z chrome.
What to do with Lincoln Parish
Infant center care here runs 22.0% of the local median income (DESERT), check where your own household lands.
- Lincoln Parish spends 22.0% 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
- $8,147/yr center infant sticker (MID) - see how Lincoln Parish 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 Lincoln Parish families are likely eligible. Check subsidy eligibility
Figures are NDCP county-level survey medians for 2022 - your local providers set the actual price.