Briscoe County vs Motley County

A side-by-side comparison of Briscoe County and Motley County: population, income, housing, and more.

Briscoe County and Motley County are counties in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Motley County has the higher population (1,267 vs 1,223 in Briscoe County). Motley County has the higher median household income ($62,857 vs $41,188 in Briscoe County). Briscoe County has the higher median home value ($82,900 vs $81,100 in Motley County).

Population, income & housing

	Briscoe County	Motley County
Population	1,223	1,267
Median age	50.8 yrs	51.4 yrs
Median household income	$41,188	$62,857
Median home value	$82,900	$81,100
Median gross rent	$692	$725
Housing units	901	746
Homeownership rate	78.2%	76.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	22.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Briscoe County	Motley County
Population	1,457 → 1,223 (-16.1%)	1,252 → 1,267 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$40,227 → $41,188 (+2.4%)	$43,859 → $62,857 (+43.3%)
Median home value	$66,000 → $82,900 (+25.6%)	$56,500 → $81,100 (+43.5%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $692 (+2.5%)	$624 → $725 (+16.2%)

Briscoe County

Population

1,4571,223

Median household income

$40,227$41,188

Median home value

$66,000$82,900

Median gross rent

$675$692

Motley County

Population

1,2521,267

Median household income

$43,859$62,857

Median home value

$56,500$81,100

Median gross rent

$624$725

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Briscoe County	Motley County
Under 5	3.9%	7.3%
5 to 17	13.9%	10.2%
18 to 24	3.5%	7.3%
25 to 34	11.0%	7.6%
35 to 44	13.9%	11.8%
45 to 54	10.2%	8.3%
55 to 64	15.6%	16.5%
65 to 74	16.1%	15.4%
75 and over	11.9%	15.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Briscoe County	Motley County
White (non-Hispanic)	68.7%	83.3%
Black or African American	3.7%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.6%
Two or more races	0.2%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	26.2%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Briscoe County	Motley County
No high school diploma	19.5%	14.3%
High school graduate	28.8%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Briscoe County	Motley County
Drove alone	68.1%	66.4%
Carpooled	17.0%	15.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	6.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	11.7%
Other means	6.3%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Briscoe County	Motley County
1-unit, detached	88.2%	88.5%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.1%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Briscoe County	Motley County
Poverty rate	15.3%	9.7%
Average household size	2.20	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	22	19
Median year structure built	1964	1957