As the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary this year, Enterprise ranks the 98th largest city in the nation.

Enterprise is the highest-scoring city in Nevada, and that ranking comes entirely from the income side of the ledger. A Census-designated place of roughly 240,000 south of the Las Vegas Strip — anchored by the M Resort, the southern reaches of the airport, and master-planned subdivisions — it carries a $93,980 median household income, the highest in the state. The Clark County price for center-based infant care is the same $16,033 every valley CDP pays, but here it consumes 17.1% of pre-tax pay, well below the 21.9% national average. The supply ceiling is unchanged: about 20 licensed slots per 100 working-parent kids under five, in the worst statewide gap in the nation. Enterprise ranks 216th.

Key highlights & actionable takeaways

216th nationally, score 39 (Strained) — Nevada's highest, lifted by the state's strongest household incomes and lowest single-parent share.
Infant care consumes 17.1% of the $93,980 median household income — well below the 21.9% national average.
The Clark County supply collapse still applies in full; about 20 licensed slots per 100 working-parent kids under five.

Actionable takeaways

Enterprise is Nevada's affluent CDP, ranked highest in the state. A $93,980 median income — the state's strongest — drops infant-care burden to 17.1% even at the same Clark County price every valley CDP pays. The lift is income-side; the supply collapse is unchanged.
Income cannot conjure new slots. With 20 licensed slots per 100 working-parent kids and 1.67 establishments per 1,000 young children, even Enterprise households queue or convert to in-home care. The supply ceiling is set countywide regardless of household earnings.
The 32% single-parent share is the lowest in the Nevada cohort. Enterprise looks demographically more like an affluent Mountain-West suburb than a Las Vegas Valley CDP — a useful contrast for stories about how zip-code-level demographic divergence operates inside a single county price.

Affordability — 74/100

A year of center-based infant care in Enterprise runs about $16,033 — the same Clark County price every Las Vegas Valley CDP pays — but the city's $93,980 median household income drops the burden ratio to 17.1%, the lowest in Nevada and well below the 21.9% national average. The childcare-to-rent ratio of 0.73 means a typical Enterprise family spends about 27% less per month on one infant slot than on the apartment — a rare position in this cohort and the strongest affordability score in the state. The pricing dataset for Enterprise is the same one shared with all Las Vegas Valley CDPs (Las Vegas, North Las Vegas, Henderson, Paradise, Sunrise Manor, Spring Valley), since they all map to Clark County.

Supply — 3/100

Enterprise sits inside Clark County, the densest concentration of childcare desert conditions in the United States. About 19.9 licensed slots exist per 100 working-parent kids under 5 — the worst large-county figure in the State of Childcare cohort — and licensed establishment density runs just 1.67 per 1,000 young children. Nevada's statewide supply gap of 66.1% is the worst in the nation, and the structural drivers are well-documented: a casino, warehouse, and hospitality workforce on 24-hour shifts incompatible with traditional center hours; a transient population that cycles through faster than providers can stabilize; and a post-2008 housing collapse that wiped out a generation of small home-based providers. Even Enterprise's higher-income demographic profile cannot conjure new licensed center capacity into existence — the supply ceiling is set countywide.

Workforce — 18/100

Childcare workers in Enterprise earn a median of $13.67 per hour — about $28,430 annually — clearing just 56.5% of the local living wage of $24.20/hr. The wage figure is a Clark County average, applied identically across the Las Vegas Valley. In a county where Strip service and warehouse jobs pay more without the credentialing requirements, that wage is a structural ceiling on supply expansion regardless of how many Enterprise families can afford the rates.

Family strain — 73/100

About 73.5% of Enterprise mothers with kids under 6 are in the labor force — five points above the 68.2% national rate and the highest in the Nevada cohort. Combined with the 73.2% working-parent share for kids under 6, Enterprise reads as a high-engagement professional suburb where most households need reliable childcare to function. The 32.0% single-parent share is essentially identical to the 31.8% national figure and the lowest of any Nevada city in this report — a demographic profile that looks markedly different from the Las Vegas Valley average and helps explain Enterprise's score lift.

Policy support — 15/100

Inherited from Nevada. The state enrolls just 9% of 4-year-olds in publicly funded pre-K and 1% of 3-year-olds — bottom decile nationally. Per-child pre-K spending sits at $9,703, NIEER quality benchmarks score 7 of 10, and CCDF subsidies reach 12.7% of eligible kids monthly. Nevada provides zero weeks of paid family leave. Higher household incomes in Enterprise mean fewer families qualify for CCDF here than in North Las Vegas, but the slots simply don't exist either way. Policy is measured at the state level.

In-home care in Enterprise

With higher household incomes, lower single-parent share, and the same broken Clark County center pipeline, Enterprise has one of the most active in-home care markets in metro Las Vegas. Full-time live-out nanny rates typically run $20-28/hr, with experienced career nannies and bilingual placements trending higher. Nanny shares between two professional Enterprise families are a common workaround for households who want center-style socialization without a 12-month waitlist, and au pair placements continue to grow among households with multiple young children.

Methodology: The the score is a 0-100 composite score across five dimensions: Affordability (30 pts), Supply (25 pts), Workforce Health (15 pts), Family Strain (15 pts), and Policy Support (15 pts). City-level prices and supply use the city's primary containing county. Policy Support is measured at the state level. Full methodology and data sources: beverly.io/research/methodology.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates; U.S. Department of Labor Women's Bureau National Database of Childcare Prices; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS (May 2024) and QCEW; Buffett Early Childhood Institute / Bipartisan Policy Center / Child Care Aware childcaregap.org (Sept 2025); NIEER State of Preschool Yearbook 2024; HHS ACF CCDF FY2023; National Partnership for Women & Families (March 2026).

Methodology. The State of Childcare Index is a 0-100 composite score across five dimensions: Affordability (30 pts), Supply (25 pts), Workforce Health (15 pts), Family Strain (15 pts), and Policy Support (15 pts). Each dimension draws on publicly available federal data: U.S. Census ACS (5-year), DOL Women's Bureau NDCP, BLS OEWS and QCEW, the Buffett/BPC/CCAoA childcaregap.org dataset, NIEER State of Preschool, and HHS ACF CCDF reports. City-level prices and supply use the city's primary containing county. Policy Support is measured at the state level. Full methodology and data sources: /research/methodology.