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Convenience stores in Childress County, TX

The convenience stores in Childress County, TX, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
7
6 chain locations (86%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$10.4M
On groceries · $5,634 a household
Spending per listing
$1.5M
81% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
38.1
4.8 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
6,643
−0.2% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 convenience stores in Childress County. Chain locations make up 86% of them, against 60% across the U.S. That comes to 38.1 for every 10,000 households, 4.8 times the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Household spending on groceries in Childress County comes to about $10.4M a year: $5,634 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. Spread across 7 convenience stores, that is $1.5M per store, 81% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. That spending covers all groceries, which convenience stores share with other businesses in the trade.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in Childress County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates show Childress County declined 0.2% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Childress County compares

The same measures for Texas and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all groceries by the convenience stores counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Convenience stores in Childress County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureChildress CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households38.110.38.0
Spending per listing$1.5M$6M$7.9M
Households per official establishmentn/a2,7723,493
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+34.7%+22.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.2%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,634$6,186$6,319
Median household income$58,654$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored42

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
76 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
0
Amount
$0

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as convenience stores in Childress County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.

Population and households in Childress County

Population, 2025 estimate
6,643−0.2% since 2020
Households
1,838
Median age
37.7
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
697 sq. mi.
People per square mile
10
Median household income
$58,654
Average household income
$84,364
Median home value
$125,400
Jobs located here
1,914
Daytime population
6,534Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Convenience stores across Texas

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The highest-scoring counties in Texas for convenience stores, numbered among those based in Texas, with Childress County marked.

Top counties in Texas

Counties in Texas ranked for convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Rockwall County, TX96245.8$12.4M+28.9%#6 of 2,261
2Denton County, TX882145.9$11.7M+16.9%#55 of 2,261
3Collin County, TX882706.5$11M+20.6%#58 of 2,261
4Comal County, TX87669.2$7.2M+27.9%#77 of 2,261
5Williamson County, TX841837.3$9.5M+22.3%#106 of 2,261
6Waller County, TX82147.6$8.3M+21.9%#131 of 2,261
7Hays County, TX82868.6$7.4M+24.8%#133 of 2,261
8Montgomery County, TX811967.9$8.4M+24.9%#152 of 2,261
9Travis County, TX803816.5$10.3M+7.2%#167 of 2,261
10Parker County, TX78468.2$8.2M+23.5%#230 of 2,261
Childress County, TXNot scored738.1$1.5M−0.2%

Other business types in Childress County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many convenience stores are in Childress County, TX?

There are 7 convenience stores on map listings in Childress County as of September 2026. 6 of them (86%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. No official count is published for convenience stores in Childress County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Childress County, TX spend on groceries?

About $10.4M a year, or $5,634 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1.5M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,838 households in Childress County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Childress County, TX compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?

Childress County has 38.1 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 4.8 times the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $1.5M, 81% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the national ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Childress County would have about 1, against 7 on map listings.

How fast is Childress County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Childress County at 6,643 people in 2025, down 0.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 1,838 households. Median household income in Childress County is $58,654, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

What is the Groundwork market score?

The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

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