County profile
Motley County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#3097 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growth
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$48.9M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-17.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
141
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
26
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$37.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
1,043
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.1%
Median HH income
$61.2k±$11.9k
Bachelor's degree+
19.3%±4.6%
Poverty rate
16.1%±4.7%
Business applications
10 · 2025
Retail establishments
6
59.8/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.
HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Retail trade65%
Wholesale trade24%
Other services11%
share of top-3 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
1,043
residents · 2025 · -1.8% since 2020
Income per capita $54.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+56
International migration+0
Natural change−70
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$30.1M2019
$36.0M2020
$32.2M2021
$49.5M2022
$59.2M2023
$48.9M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$88.0k±$23.0k
Median gross rent
$675/mo±$211/mo
Vacancy rate
37.3%±6.9%
Affordability
2.4× wages
Residential permits
Census BPS
FEMA risk score
3.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 82Wildfire 80Hail 57
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
87.5 km
I-27
Nearest freight rail
60.7 km
BNSF
Nearest port
517.6 km
GAVILON GRAIN CATOOSA OK
Nearest commercial airport
106.4 km
LUBBOCK PRESTON SMITH INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$37.0k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
Similar US counties
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What is the GDP of Motley?
Motley's economy produced $48.9M in 2024, contracting 17.3% year over year — among the slowest-growing US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.