Childress, Texas.
Typical home $135,297 (+25.8% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$370 (+109%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $27,743 +26%
- $107,553$135,297 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $21,492 +19%
- $113,804$135,297 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Childress$710
- Texas$1,556
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 20 years.
Typical home values in Childress, TX rose 25.8% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Childress, Childress County, Texas
Childress is a city of 5,737 people in Childress County. 66% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 34% are rented. Unemployment in Childress County was 2.7% in August 2026, and the county had 5.2% more jobs in 2025 than the year before.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 24 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Childress is a small city in the Texas Panhandle, with a population that skews somewhat younger than many small towns. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and typical home values are modest, though a good number of residents live on incomes below the poverty line. Few adults hold a four-year degree, and almost no one works from home.
Work. Walmart, Childress ISD and United Supermarkets are among the largest workplaces in town, so retail, grocery and schooling account for much of the local work. Unemployment across Childress County is low, and the county added jobs over the past year.
Things to do. Lake Childress and Baylor Creek Reservoir are both a short drive away, which makes them the easiest choices for time on the water. The Prairie Dog Town Fork Red River is a longer drive for those who want to see a river. Winters are cold but bring little snow, and summers are hot, with a modest amount of rain through the year.
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- 1,504households
- 10%of adults have a degree
- 14%below the poverty line
- 1%work from home
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 55° and lows near 29°; warmest in July, with highs near 96° and lows near 72°. About 6 inches of snow and 24 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Childress Municipal Airport weather station, under a mile away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Childress
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters180
- Childress ISDSchool district167FTE
- United SupermarketsSupermarket72
- American Electric Power32
- Ingevity Ozark ChildressPaints manufacturing20
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 4 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 304 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Strong windVery high
- HailVery high
- Winter weatherVery high
- Ice stormsRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively high
- Cold wavesRelatively high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Childress’ census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Childress County.
Childress home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Childress$135,297
- Texas$296,424
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 7 Childress listings — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Childress15.20%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Childress24
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Childress7
Zip codes with a Childress address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Childress — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.