Texas · Census place 14668
Childress, TX population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Childress, Texas (Childress, TX — Census place “Childress city”) is 5,964 residents, ranking #373 of 1863 places in Texas. Median household income is $59,662, the median home is worth $84,200 and median gross rent runs $934 a month. Looking for the Childress Texas ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Childress, TX: 79201.
- Population
- 5,964Childress city residents
- Median household income
- $59,662Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $84,200Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $934Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 32.9 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 57.8%Owner-occupied households
Childress ZIP codes (Texas)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Childress.
The Childress TX ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Childress city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Childress city median would spend about 18.8% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 1.4× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 9.2% of residents and 57.8% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Childress city, TX in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Childress city is a mid-size town in Texas, with 5,964 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #373 of 1,863 ranked by population — larger than 80% of them. The median age here is 32.9 years against 39.1 nationally, a distinctly younger profile, typical of places with students, military posts or a fast-growing family population. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.
Households in Childress city earn a median of $59,662 a year, 24% below the national figure of $78,538 and 8% below the $64,654 median for the 1,008 Texas cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 9.2% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Childress city is valued at $84,200, 72.2% below the national figure and 53% below the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $934 a month, 33.6% below the national figure, or roughly $11,208 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18.8% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 1.4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 57.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.
No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Childress city?
- Childress city has 5,964 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #373 of 1,863 in Texas.
- What is the median household income in Childress city?
- Median household income in Childress city is $59,662 a year, 24% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Childress city?
- Median gross rent is $934 a month and the median home value is $84,200, so rent absorbs about 18.8% of median household income.
- Is Childress city affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 1.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Childress city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Childress city data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.