Residents will find that the city is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Childress is worth considering.
Childress is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The citizens of Childress have a very low rate of college education: just 9.09% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.
The per capita income in Childress in 2022 was $29,231, which is middle income relative to Texas, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $116,924 for a family of four. However, Childress contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Childress is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Childress home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Childress residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Childress also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 38.20% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Childress include English, German, European, Irish, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Childress is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
