Motley County, Texas

• White (non-Hispanic) 931 78.7%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 119 10.1%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 63 5.3%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 69 5.8%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 1 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 147 12.4%
• 18–24 133 11.2%
• 25–44 236 19.9%
• 45–64 317 26.8%
• 65 and over 350 29.6%

Median household income

$52,542

90% interval $46,633–$58,451

−$27,181 vs TX · 231st of 254

Below poverty line

19.4%

90% interval 15.0%–23.8%

+6.0 pp vs TX · 44th of 254

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.8%

+0.43 pp vs. state

County GDP

$48.9M

0% of state

Avg. annual pay

$39,817

Establishments

62

• Trade, transportation & utilities 68 22.3%
• Education & health services 57 18.7%
• Leisure & hospitality 29 9.5%
• Public administration 21 6.9%
• Natural resources & mining 18 5.9%
• Professional & business services 13 4.3%

The sectors listed cover 67.5% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

76.5%

+13.9 pp vs TX · 105th of 254

Median gross rent

$675

−$728 vs TX · 232nd of 254

Owner-occupied

352

Renter-occupied

108

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 50% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Compressed wage spread

  Highest-paid sector pays only 1.5× the lowest ($45,637 vs $31,273/yr), a relatively flat local wage distribution.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 4.9 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Small-sector pay

  The $41,172 average in Natural resources & mining is BLS's published figure for 18 jobs. With so few jobs, a few high-paying employers or contracts can set the average, so it is left out of the wage-spread read.

• Republican 612 94.2%
• Democratic 35 5.4%
• Other / third-party 3 0.5%

• Spanish 73 6.4%

Households

460

Family households

312

67.8% of households

Married couples w/ children

20

6.4% of families

Single-mother families

11

3.5% of families

Veterans

104

10% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 507 47.7%
• Mainline Protestant 101 9.5%
• Catholic 76 7.1%

Health insured

79.3%

±4.4 pp

Uninsured

20.7%

±4.4 pp

52nd of 254

With a disability

22.3%

±6.1 pp

32nd of 254

Bachelor's or higher

19.3%

±4.6 pp

−14.5 pp vs TX · 145th of 254

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

18.7%

90% interval 16.6%–20.8% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

110th District Court

Judges

1 (Total District Court judges with venue over this county; vintage 2026 txcourts.gov directory + Tex. Gov't Code § 24. Texas's court structure is unusual: each urban county has dozens of numbered District Courts (Harris ~60, Dallas ~45, Travis ~25, Bexar ~25, Tarrant ~20) with trial assignments random across the full bench. Rural counties typically have 1-2 District Court judges sitting on a multi-county district. County Court at Law judges (limited jurisdiction) and Constitutional County Court judges (presided over by the elected County Judge) are separately allocated and not counted here. TX has ~474 District Court judges statewide.)

Court seats

Dickens, Floydada, Matador, Silverton

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

3

289.58 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2