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Childress city, Texas: commercial real estate data.
Childress city is a Census city of 5,834 people across 8.26 square miles of land, in Childress County. Median household income is $57,644, 65.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 4 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $1.3 m.
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Childress
What Childress is
- Census place typecity
- Land area8.26 sq mi
- Water area0.05 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land706
- County holding the largest share of its areaChildress County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How many people live in Childress
- Population5,834
- Median age35.6
- Population under 181,150 plus or minus 273
- Share under 1819.7 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Population 65 and over966 plus or minus 219
- Share 65 and over16.6 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Households1,504
- Family households986
- Share of households that are families65.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Childress
- Median household income$57,644 plus or minus $21,056
- Per capita income$26,382
- Civilian labor force2,091
- Employed2,082
- Unemployed9 plus or minus 16
- Unemployment rate0.4 percent plus or minus 0.8
- Adults 25 and over4,186
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher78.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher9.6 percent plus or minus 3.2
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree2.0 percent plus or minus 1.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Childress
- Housing units2,270
- Occupied units1,504
- Vacant units766 plus or minus 254
- Vacancy rate33.7 percent plus or minus 10.7
- Owner occupied985
- Renter occupied519 plus or minus 162
- Ownership rate65.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$85,900 plus or minus $39,098
- Median gross rent, monthly$910 plus or minus $237
- Annual rent as a share of median income18.9 percent plus or minus 8.5
- Single family units1,696
- Share single family74.7 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more417 plus or minus 195
- Share in buildings of two or more18.4 percent plus or minus 8.4
- Mobile homes157 plus or minus 92
- Median year structure built1961
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Childress gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,038
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,204 plus or minus 289
- Share commuting under 15 minutes59.1 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more804 plus or minus 323
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more39.5 percent plus or minus 14.9
- Drove alone92.2 percent
- Carpooled6.8 percent plus or minus 5.9
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home1.0 percent plus or minus 1.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Childress (7(a))
- Approvals4
- Gross approval$1,272,800
- Average approval$318,200
- Median approval$318,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$750,000
- Largest approval$750,000
- Jobs supported21
- Jobs per approval5.3
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more25.0 percent
- Share to franchises25.0 percent
- Distinct lenders3
- Distinct industries by NAICS2
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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SBA loans in Childress (504)
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$324,000
- Average approval$162,000
- Median approval$172,000
- Largest approval$172,000
- Jobs supported4
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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Flood risk in Childress
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number480125
- Currently effective map date08/01/87(L)
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Childress County, not Childress
Childress County context, not Childress figures
These are Childress County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Childress measurements.
- Establishments in Childress County179
- Employment at those establishments, Childress County1,897
- Covered employment, Childress County2,871
- Average annual pay, Childress County$49,760
- Average weekly wage, Childress County$957
- Housing units permitted, Childress County0
- Of those, single family, Childress County0
- County product, 2024, Childress County$342,398,000
- County product change over the prior year, Childress County-2.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Childress County$39,160
Every figure in this section is published for Childress County as a whole and is not a measurement of Childress. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Childress questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Childress, Texas?
5,834, in 1,504 households. Childress city covers 8.26 square miles of land, which is 706 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Childress in?
Childress County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Childress?
$57,644. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $85,900. Median gross rent is $910 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Childress businesses?
4 7(a) approvals totalling $1.3 m, across 3 lenders, median approval $318,000, plus 2 504 approvals worth $324,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Childress, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Childress borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Childress. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Childress in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Childress appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 480125, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Childress figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Childress County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Childress.
Is zoning published for Childress?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.