Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

Childress, TX

5,964 Population
8.3 square miles 722.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

32.9 ±3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Childress County: 33.6 † ±4.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1

Economics

$29,231 ±$4,146 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Childress County: $30,197 † ±$3,627
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $39,446 ±$156
$59,662 ±$16,495 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Childress County: $60,333 † ±$18,860
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $76,292 ±$265

9.2% ±6% (419  ±275) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Childress County: 9.8% † 525 (±5.1% / ±273)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,005,417 (±0.2% / ±42,798)

22.9 minutes ±7.3 (55,800  ±19,387) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Childress County: 24.3 † 67,965 (±6.7 / ±20,216)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)

Families

1,852 ±285 Number of households
  • Childress County: 2,174 † ±262
  • Texas: 10,747,240 ±15,647
2.5 ±0.4 (4,574  ±256) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Childress County: 2.5 † 5,382 (±0.3 / ±37)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,034,526

3.4% ±4.6% (36  ±49) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Childress County: 3.1% † 36 (±4.2% / ±49)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 5.7% 413,078 (±0.1% / ±6,578)

Housing

2,426 ±232 Number of housing units
  • Childress County: 2,935 ±215
  • Texas: 11,890,808 ±698

$84,200 ±$26,067 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Childress County: $115,100 † ±$51,034
  • about one-third of the amount in Texas: $260,400 ±$738

18.2% ±7.3% (1,085  ±436.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Childress County: 16.3% † 1,101 (±6.5% / ±439.9)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,197,721 (±0.1% / ±35,125.8)

Social

83.3% ±11.9% (3,593  ±574.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Childress County: 83.9% † 4,139 (±11.3% / ±590.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 85.7% 16,534,908 (±0.2% / ±41,819.2)
9.1% ±3.3% (392  ±146.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Childress County: 11.5% † 566 (±3.3% / ±162.5)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Texas: 33.1% 6,381,971 (±0.1% / ±26,865.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4.5% ±2% (267  ±118) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Childress County: 3.9% 267
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,095,888

2.7% ±1.7% (130  ±82) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Childress County: 2.9% † 162 (±1.6% / ±86)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,009 (±0.1% / ±11,267)
130 Total veterans ±82 124 Male ±83 6 Female ±10

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.