It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Childress has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Childress has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Childress than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Childress may be for you.
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 population of Childress has a very low overall level of education: only 9.09% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.
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.
