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DOL Data · 2022

Calhoun County, TX

Infant daycare in Calhoun County, TX costs $124 per week ($6,448 per year) for center-based care, and $113 per week for family daycare. With a median household income of $62,267, the childcare burden is 10.4% of income. This is below the national median of $174/wk.

Infant Center (Weekly)
$124
$6,448/yr
Infant Family (Weekly)
$113
$5,876/yr
Median Income
$62,267
Burden Index
10.4%
Moderate

Cost Breakdown by Age Group

Age GroupCenter/WkCenter/YrFamily/WkFamily/Yr
Infant (0-1)$124$6,448$113$5,876
Toddler (1-2)$117$6,084$109$5,668
Preschool (3-5)$115$5,980$107$5,564
School-Age (6+)$109$5,668$103$5,356
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Calhoun County Childcare FAQ

Center-based infant care in Calhoun County costs $124 per week ($6,448 per year). Family-based infant care costs $113 per week ($5,876 per year). Data from the DOL National Database of Childcare Prices.

The Childcare Burden Index for Calhoun County is 10.4%, rated "Moderate". This means a family earning the median income of $62,267 would spend about 10.4% of their income on infant center-based childcare.

The national median weekly infant center care cost is $174. Calhoun County at $124/wk is 29% below the national median. Annualized, infant center care in Calhoun County costs $6,448 per year.

In Calhoun County, TX, the most affordable option is typically family-based (home) daycare. Infant family daycare costs $113/wk compared to $124/wk for center-based. For preschool-age children, family daycare is $107/wk vs $115/wk at a center. School-age after-care is the least expensive category at $103/wk (family) or $109/wk (center).

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Childcare costs are weekly median prices from the DOL. Burden Index = annual infant center care / median household income.

The this entity record above pulls directly from the DOL National Database of Childcare Prices. What follows is the per-entity context — how this entity sits in the broader U.S. childcare prices distribution and which underlying factors drive the headline numbers.

Every number on this page links back to the DOL National Database of Childcare Prices; the methodology page describes the inputs, refresh cadence, and known limitations of the underlying data product.

For readers using this page as a decision input, the related-entity pages elsewhere on the site provide the comparison set. The most useful comparison for this entity is typically a peer within U.S. counties with similar size, similar exposure, or similar geography — not the national-level summary alone.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor Women’s Bureau Childcare Prices, 2026.