County childcare costs · DOL NDCP 2022

Childcare costs in Warren County, MS

$5,953 a year for center-based infant care - 11.0% of the local median income, against a national average of $9,592.

Warren County, MS families pay $5,953/year for center-based infant care, per the U.S. Department of Labor's National Database of Childcare Prices (NDCP). This represents 11.0% of the median household income - exceeding the HHS 7% affordability threshold. Toddler care at a center costs $5,420/year, and preschool-age care is $5,420/year.

$5,953
Center Infant/yr
N/A
Family Infant/yr
$54,117
Median Income
11.0%
% of Income (Infant)

NDCP county market brief

Warren 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. OVER7 HHS income share
  3. #296 of 2,662 National infant rank
  4. $5,953 Center infant/yr
  5. Lee 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).

Warren (this)$5,953Lee County$5,943Lauderdale C…$5,965Pearl River …$5,983Clay County$5,991Lawrence Cou…$6,012

Price-band peers

Annual Childcare Costs by Age Group

Age Group Center-Based Family Childcare
Infant $5,953 N/A
Toddler $5,420 N/A
Preschool $5,420 N/A
School Age $5,154 N/A

Where Warren County ranks on infant-care cost

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

$5,953 Among the most affordable more affordable than 89% 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 Warren County Families

Weighed against a $54,117 median household income, Warren County's childcare bill tells an affordability story, putting infant center care at 11.0% of gross income. HHS draws the affordability line at 7% of income, and the typical local family exceeds the federal affordability line by 4.0 points.Warren 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.

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

+55.8% since 2010
Infant center care: $3,821 → $5,953
$5,953/yr
Most recent annual cost (2022)
13 years
Data available (2010–2022)
2010
$3,821
2011
$4,319
2012
$4,920
2013
$5,521
2014
$5,199
2015
$4,877
2016
$4,555
2017
$4,788
2018
$5,021
2019
$5,254
2020
$5,487
2021
$5,720
2022
$5,953
View full data table (all care types)
Year Ctr Infant
2008 N/A
2009 N/A
2010 $3,821
2011 $4,319
2012 $4,920
2013 $5,521
2014 $5,199
2015 $4,877
2016 $4,555
2017 $4,788
2018 $5,021
2019 $5,254
2020 $5,487
2021 $5,720
2022 $5,953

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.