Foard County vs Motley County

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

Foard 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 1,079 in Foard County). Motley County has the higher median household income ($62,857 vs $42,212 in Foard County). Motley County has the higher median home value ($81,100 vs $71,400 in Foard County).

Population, income & housing

	Foard County	Motley County
Population	1,079	1,267
Median age	45.7 yrs	51.4 yrs
Median household income	$42,212	$62,857
Median home value	$71,400	$81,100
Median gross rent	$577	$725
Housing units	602	746
Homeownership rate	66.7%	76.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	22.0%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Foard County	Motley County
Population	1,275 → 1,079 (-15.4%)	1,252 → 1,267 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$43,625 → $42,212 (-3.2%)	$43,859 → $62,857 (+43.3%)
Median home value	$46,400 → $71,400 (+53.9%)	$56,500 → $81,100 (+43.5%)
Median gross rent	$491 → $577 (+17.5%)	$624 → $725 (+16.2%)

Foard County

Population

1,2751,079

Median household income

$43,625$42,212

Median home value

$46,400$71,400

Median gross rent

$491$577

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)

	Foard County	Motley County
Under 5	5.1%	7.3%
5 to 17	18.4%	10.2%
18 to 24	13.7%	7.3%
25 to 34	4.1%	7.6%
35 to 44	7.5%	11.8%
45 to 54	10.5%	8.3%
55 to 64	11.7%	16.5%
65 to 74	10.9%	15.4%
75 and over	18.1%	15.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Foard County	Motley County
White (non-Hispanic)	70.0%	83.3%
Black or African American	0.3%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.3%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	18.1%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	10.9%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Foard County	Motley County
No high school diploma	18.8%	14.3%
High school graduate	29.4%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Foard County	Motley County
Drove alone	65.3%	66.4%
Carpooled	28.1%	15.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	6.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	11.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Foard County	Motley County
1-unit, detached	76.2%	88.5%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	16.6%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Foard County	Motley County
Poverty rate	20.9%	9.7%
Average household size	2.47	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	17	19
Median year structure built	1962	1957