Motley County vs Sterling County

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

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

Sterling County has the higher population (1,389 vs 1,267 in Motley County). Sterling County has the higher median household income ($78,750 vs $62,857 in Motley County). Sterling County has the higher median home value ($143,200 vs $81,100 in Motley County).

Population, income & housing

	Motley County	Sterling County
Population	1,267	1,389
Median age	51.4 yrs	31.4 yrs
Median household income	$62,857	$78,750
Median home value	$81,100	$143,200
Median gross rent	$725	$968
Housing units	746	508
Homeownership rate	76.9%	83.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.0%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Motley County	Sterling County
Population	1,252 → 1,267 (+1.2%)	1,231 → 1,389 (+12.8%)
Median household income	$43,859 → $62,857 (+43.3%)	$59,868 → $78,750 (+31.5%)
Median home value	$56,500 → $81,100 (+43.5%)	$59,000 → $143,200 (+142.7%)
Median gross rent	$624 → $725 (+16.2%)	$850 → $968 (+13.9%)

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

Sterling County

Population

1,2311,389

Median household income

$59,868$78,750

Median home value

$59,000$143,200

Median gross rent

$850$968

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Motley County	Sterling County
Under 5	7.3%	9.1%
5 to 17	10.2%	26.9%
18 to 24	7.3%	7.3%
25 to 34	7.6%	14.0%
35 to 44	11.8%	11.6%
45 to 54	8.3%	11.2%
55 to 64	16.5%	6.6%
65 to 74	15.4%	5.4%
75 and over	15.6%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Motley County	Sterling County
White (non-Hispanic)	83.3%	67.1%
Black or African American	2.6%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	32.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Motley County	Sterling County
No high school diploma	14.3%	12.1%
High school graduate	35.4%	38.5%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Motley County	Sterling County
Drove alone	66.4%	79.0%
Carpooled	15.0%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.4%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.7%	8.0%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Motley County	Sterling County
1-unit, detached	88.5%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.0%	21.1%

Poverty & households

	Motley County	Sterling County
Poverty rate	9.7%	2.7%
Average household size	2.66	3.37
Mean commute (minutes)	19	27
Median year structure built	1957	1985