County childcare costs · DOL NDCP 2022

Childcare costs in Yalobusha County, MS

The standout signal in Yalobusha County, MS is sticker price: center infant care runs $6,174/yr (QUIET · quiet-price tercile · #382 of 2,661), 36% below the U.S. average.

Data updated 2026-09-24

$6,174
Center Infant/yr
N/A
Family Infant/yr
$47,006
Median Income
13.1%
% of Income (Infant)

The verdict

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

Top 14%
cheapest nationally
Moderate
income-burden tier
#382
of 2,661 priced counties
C
PlainChildcare Composite Score
48/100
Yalobusha 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 12% of median household income here (national median 12.5%)
School-age care burden C
Center-based school-age care costs 11.4% of median household income here (national median 10.4%)
Economic hardship D
13.2% poverty rate here (national median 9.3%)
Price-change feed

Quiet-price tercile: center infant care is $6,174/yr (13.1% of median income), absolute stickers are low; capacity and waitlists still bind.

Quiet-book age ladder for Yalobusha County

Age Group Center-Based Family Childcare
Infant $6,174 N/A
Toddler $5,619 N/A
Preschool $5,619 N/A
School Age $5,341 N/A

Where Yalobusha County ranks on infant-care cost

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

$6,174 Among the most affordable more affordable than 86% 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

Yalobusha 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, Yalobusha County has higher income and higher 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).

Yalobusha County sticker reading

The standout signal in Yalobusha County, MS is sticker price: center infant care runs $6,174/yr (QUIET · quiet-price tercile · #382 of 2,661), 36% below the U.S. average.

Mid-burden tercile: Yalobusha County spends 13.1% of a $47,006 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.

Center-based infant care costs over 2010–2022 (13 years of NDCP data).

+120.8% since 2010
Infant center care: $2,796 → $6,174
$6,174/yr
Most recent annual cost (2022)
13 years
Data available (2010–2022)
2010
$2,796
2011
$3,147
2012
$3,571
2013
$3,995
2014
$3,813
2015
$3,632
2016
$3,450
2017
$3,904
2018
$4,358
2019
$4,812
2020
$5,266
2021
$5,720
2022
$6,174
View full data table (all care types) ▼
Year Ctr Infant
2008 N/A
2009 N/A
2010 $2,796
2011 $3,147
2012 $3,571
2013 $3,995
2014 $3,813
2015 $3,632
2016 $3,450
2017 $3,904
2018 $4,358
2019 $4,812
2020 $5,266
2021 $5,720
2022 $6,174

What to do with Yalobusha County

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

  • Yalobusha 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
  • $6,174/yr center infant sticker (QUIET) - see how Yalobusha 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 Yalobusha County families are likely eligible. Check subsidy eligibility

Figures are NDCP county-level survey medians for 2022 - your local providers set the actual price.