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The median home value in Childress County, TX is $138,773 as of 2026-07-31, up 23.26% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$138,773
Year-over-Year
+23.26%
National Rank
#2694 of 3071
Childress County ranks 198th out of 243 counties in TX by median home price, and is -40.8% below the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within TX, the typical county has a median home value of $213,390, making Childress County -35.0% below the TX state median.
Households here earn a median of $58,654 a year against a typical home value of $138,773 — a price-to-income ratio of 2.4×, comfortably below the 3× income level generally considered manageable. That is less affordable than roughly 10% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
Reporting agencies in Childress County recorded a violent crime rate of 156 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — lower than most counties nationally. Property crime runs at 519 per 100,000.
Based on 1 reporting city covering 5,783 residents (FBI UCR data — what this covers).
The median home value in Childress County is $138,773. That's up 23.26% from a year earlier. That is about 40.8% below the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Childress County the 198th most expensive of 243 counties in Texas.
Median household income here is $58,654, so a typical home costs about 2.4× annual household earnings — relatively affordable compared with other U.S. counties.
Reporting police departments in Childress County recorded 156 violent crimes per 100,000 residents. That figure covers 5,783 residents across 1 reporting city, so it reflects the county's incorporated areas rather than every community within its borders.
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