Cottle County vs Motley County

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

Cottle 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.

Cottle County has the higher population (1,302 vs 1,267 in Motley County). Motley County has the higher median household income ($62,857 vs $58,819 in Cottle County). Motley County has the higher median home value ($81,100 vs $54,100 in Cottle County).

Population, income & housing

	Cottle County	Motley County
Population	1,302	1,267
Median age	44.3 yrs	51.4 yrs
Median household income	$58,819	$62,857
Median home value	$54,100	$81,100
Median gross rent	$323	$725
Housing units	972	746
Homeownership rate	78.6%	76.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.8%	22.0%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cottle County	Motley County
Population	1,642 → 1,302 (-20.7%)	1,252 → 1,267 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$32,305 → $58,819 (+82.1%)	$43,859 → $62,857 (+43.3%)
Median home value	$46,600 → $54,100 (+16.1%)	$56,500 → $81,100 (+43.5%)
Median gross rent	$340 → $323 (-5.0%)	$624 → $725 (+16.2%)

Cottle County

Population

1,6421,302

Median household income

$32,305$58,819

Median home value

$46,600$54,100

Median gross rent

$340$323

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)

	Cottle County	Motley County
Under 5	4.9%	7.3%
5 to 17	17.1%	10.2%
18 to 24	6.1%	7.3%
25 to 34	4.9%	7.6%
35 to 44	19.1%	11.8%
45 to 54	9.0%	8.3%
55 to 64	12.8%	16.5%
65 to 74	17.2%	15.4%
75 and over	8.8%	15.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cottle County	Motley County
White (non-Hispanic)	59.1%	83.3%
Black or African American	4.9%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	9.1%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	26.0%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cottle County	Motley County
No high school diploma	20.4%	14.3%
High school graduate	24.8%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cottle County	Motley County
Drove alone	55.8%	66.4%
Carpooled	14.8%	15.0%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	6.4%
Bicycle	2.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.0%	11.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cottle County	Motley County
1-unit, detached	86.4%	88.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.1%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Cottle County	Motley County
Poverty rate	22.8%	9.7%
Average household size	2.27	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	1958	1957