Being a small city, Childress does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The rate of college-level education in Childress is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.08% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Childress in 2018 was $25,762, which is lower middle income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $103,048 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 43.14% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Childress include German, English, European, Irish, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Childress is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
