County profile
Childress County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#2637 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 12% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$342.4M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-2.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,897
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
179
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$51.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
6,643
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.8%
Median HH income
$58.7k±$17.2k
Bachelor's degree+
11.8%±3.0%
Poverty rate
15.3%±6.6%
Business applications
61 · 2025
Retail establishments
35
52.3/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.
HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Food & accommodation36%
Retail trade27%
Health care24%
Wholesale trade5%
Finance & insurance5%
Construction3%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
6,643
residents · 2025 · -0.2% since 2020
Income per capita $45.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+73
International migration−5
Natural change−77
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$221.1M2019
$252.3M2020
$280.6M2021
$374.0M2022
$352.6M2023
$342.4M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$125.4k±$72.4k · low reliability
Median gross rent
$913/mo±$209/mo
Vacancy rate
33.7%±8.7%
Affordability
2.4× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
19.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 95Strong wind 90Hail 75
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
02022
02023
02024
02025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
77.7 km
I-40
Nearest freight rail
11.1 km
BNSF
Nearest port
447.5 km
CATOOSA FERTILIZER CO DOCKS
Nearest commercial airport
156.8 km
RICK HUSBAND AMARILLO INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$51.2k
avg. annual pay · +30% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Childress?
Childress's economy produced $342.4M in 2024, contracting 2.9% year over year — slower than 87% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is food & accommodation.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.