County childcare costs · DOL NDCP 2022

Childcare costs in Noxubee County, MS

$6,126 a year for center-based infant care - 14.5% of the local median income, against a national average of $9,592.

Center-based infant care in Noxubee County, MS costs $6,126/year, based on National Database of Childcare Prices survey data from the U.S. Department of Labor. This represents 14.5% of the median household income - exceeding the HHS 7% affordability threshold. Toddler care at a center costs $5,576/year, and preschool-age care is $5,576/year.

$6,126
Center Infant/yr
N/A
Family Infant/yr
$42,298
Median Income
14.5%
% of Income (Infant)

NDCP county market brief

Noxubee 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. #354 of 2,662 National infant rank
  4. $6,126 Center infant/yr
  5. Choctaw 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).

Noxubee (this)$6,126Choctaw County$6,126Smith County$6,126Sharkey County$6,122Walthall Cou…$6,135Quitman County$6,116

Price-band peers

Annual Childcare Costs by Age Group

Age Group Center-Based Family Childcare
Infant $6,126 N/A
Toddler $5,576 N/A
Preschool $5,576 N/A
School Age $5,301 N/A

Where Noxubee County ranks on infant-care cost

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

$6,126 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 Noxubee County Families

Household affordability in Noxubee County tracks against a median income of $42,298, putting infant center care at 14.5% of gross income. Against the federal 7% affordability benchmark, the typical family here exceeds the federal affordability line by 7.5 points.Noxubee 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.

Here's how center-based infant care priced out from 2010 to 2022, across 13 years of NDCP survey data.

+121.2% since 2010
Infant center care: $2,769 → $6,126
$6,126/yr
Most recent annual cost (2022)
13 years
Data available (2010–2022)
2010
$2,769
2011
$3,176
2012
$3,665
2013
$4,155
2014
$4,000
2015
$3,845
2016
$3,690
2017
$4,096
2018
$4,502
2019
$4,908
2020
$5,314
2021
$5,720
2022
$6,126
View full data table (all care types)
Year Ctr Infant
2008 N/A
2009 N/A
2010 $2,769
2011 $3,176
2012 $3,665
2013 $4,155
2014 $4,000
2015 $3,845
2016 $3,690
2017 $4,096
2018 $4,502
2019 $4,908
2020 $5,314
2021 $5,720
2022 $6,126

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.