Childress
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Texas
Childress is a sparsely populated county in Texas with 2 ZIP codes, 7,088 people, and below-median household income among US counties. All data is sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) 2023 5-Year Estimates.
National county placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Childress, TX sits among US counties with a below-median household income, on a sparsely populated county population base, across a handful of delivery areas.
- 28th pct
- household income vs 3,210 US counties
- 7,088
- combined ZIP population
- 2
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $58,438
- avg ZIP median income
Income percentile ranks this county's average ZIP median household income against 3,210 US counties with ACS income on at least one ZIP.
Childress lands in the national county income distribution as below-median household income on sparsely populated county footing (FIPS 48075, 2 ZIPs, combined population 7,088). On this short ZIP list the county page is mainly the FIPS bridge - household ACS fields live on the primary ZIP.
Below-median income with few ZIPs: start cost-of-living reads on the primary code (79201), not the county mean. This page exists to join FIPS 48075 to HUD/FBI tables once the ZIP is chosen.
Population sits in the five-to-twenty-five thousand band with few ZIPs - still ZIP-first for household fields, but the county seat ZIP (usually the densest row) is worth a second glance before the FIPS overlays.
Within Texas, Refugio is the closest lower-income county and Jim Wells the closest higher-income county by average ZIP household income. Their 5 and 5 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Childress. Use those locations as statewide context before treating the county average as a local-market answer.
2
Total ZIPs
7,088
Total Population
ZIP Codes in Childress
Side-by-side: Compare 79201 vs 79259 →
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Data sources
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates (2023). Verify with Census Bureau →
Source: HUD USPS Crosswalk (ZIP-to-county mapping). Verify with HUD →
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