County childcare costs · DOL NDCP 2022
Childcare costs in Tunica County, MS
The standout signal in Tunica County, MS is income burden: infant center care takes 18.8% of median ACS income (HEAVY · heavy-burden tercile), while the sticker sits 18% below the national average.
Data updated 2026-09-24
- $7,828
- Center Infant/yr
- N/A
- Family Infant/yr
- $41,676
- Median Income
- 18.8%
- % of Income (Infant)
The verdict
Tunica County pairs below-national-median infant care costs with a heavy income burden on families.
- Top 37%
- cheapest nationally
- Heavy
- income-burden tier
- #995
- 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.
Center-based infant care in Tunica County, MS costs $7,828/year, according to the U.S. Department of Labor National Database of Childcare Prices. This represents 18.8% of the median household income, exceeding the HHS 7% affordability threshold. Toddler care at a center costs $7,295/year.
Heavy-burden age costs in Tunica County
| Age Group | Center-Based | Family Childcare |
|---|---|---|
| Infant | $7,828 | N/A |
| Toddler | $7,295 | N/A |
| Preschool | $6,671 | N/A |
| School Age | $5,468 | N/A |
Where Tunica County ranks on infant-care cost
Center-based infant care, every U.S. county with reported prices
$7,828 Among the most affordable more affordable than 63% 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
Tunica 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.
Within Mississippi, Tunica County has lower income but higher infant-care cost than the typical Mississippi county (its national standing, below-national-median infant care costs, is a separate comparison against every U.S. county, not just its own state).
Tunica County burden reading
The standout signal in Tunica County, MS is income burden: infant center care takes 18.8% of median ACS income (HEAVY · heavy-burden tercile), while the sticker sits 18% below the national average.
Heavy-burden tercile counties like Tunica County put infant center care at 18.8% of a $41,676 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)
The NDCP has tracked center-based infant care here for 13 years, from 2010 through 2022.
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| Year | Ctr Infant |
|---|---|
| 2008 | N/A |
| 2009 | N/A |
| 2010 | $3,385 |
| 2011 | $3,847 |
| 2012 | $4,404 |
| 2013 | $4,961 |
| 2014 | $4,821 |
| 2015 | $4,682 |
| 2016 | $4,542 |
| 2017 | $5,089 |
| 2018 | $5,637 |
| 2019 | $6,185 |
| 2020 | $6,732 |
| 2021 | $7,280 |
| 2022 | $7,828 |
Nearest infant-price counties in Mississippi
Ordered by ABS(center_infant) to Tunica County's MID NDCP sticker - not A-Z chrome.
What to do with Tunica County
Infant center care here runs 18.8% of the local median income (HEAVY), check where your own household lands.
- Tunica County spends 18.8% 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
- $7,828/yr center infant sticker (MID) - see how Tunica 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 Tunica County families are likely eligible. Check subsidy eligibility
Figures are NDCP county-level survey medians for 2022 - your local providers set the actual price.