Texas · County property tax · ACS 2024
Motley County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Motley County pays $904 a year, an effective rate of 1.03%, far below the U.S. average.
- $904
- Median tax / yr · Low bill
- 1.03%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- -55%
- vs U.S. average
- #179 of 250
- rank in TX
The verdict
Homeowners in Motley County pay a median $904 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.03%, more affordable than 33% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $904
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.03%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2102 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -55%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($88,000). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Tax affordability score · Motley County, TX
59/100
5 ACS dimensions · release 2024
Comparative score against U.S. county percentiles on Census ACS medians (effective rate, bill, income share, mortgage gap, home-value/income). Higher means more affordable on those published medians, not a recommendation to buy, sell, appeal, or move, and not your personal tax bill. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.
Median home value relative to Motley County's median income
Median tax as a share of Motley County's median household income
Motley County's median annual property-tax bill vs U.S. counties
Motley County's effective rate vs U.S. county percentiles (ACS 2024)
Mortgaged vs free-and-clear median bill gap in Motley County
Read the chart values
- Housing pressure: 100/100 (A+) · 1.44×
- Income room: 85/100 (A-) · 1.5%
- Bill size: 81/100 (A-) · $904/yr
- Rate relief: 34/100 (F) · 1.03%
- Mortgage premium: 8/100 (F) · +$1,014
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Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Texas. Population: 1,183. Owner-occupied homes: 352.
The median annual property tax in Motley County is $904, which is 79% lower than the Texas state average and 55% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.03% on a median home value of $88,000. Property taxes represent 1.5% of the median household income in this county.
What This Data Tells Us About Motley County
Primary signal
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Motley County pay a median annual property tax of $904, far below the national median and far below the Texas state median. On a $88,000 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.03% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 2
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Motley County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.5% of the $61,154 median household income.
Decision signal 3
Near the middle of Texas counties by effective rate
Motley County ranks #179 of 250 counties in Texas by effective rate (28% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Motley County's 1.03% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 33%).
Decision signal 5
The latest release held the bill roughly steady
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has held roughly steady, up 1.6%, from $890 to $904. This compares two release estimates; it does not identify a local policy, assessment, exemption, or household-bill cause.
This page is for informational purposes only and is not tax, legal, or financial advice. Figures describe the median homeowner household in Motley County as reported to the Census Bureau, your own bill can differ based on your parcel's assessed value, exemptions, special districts, and municipal overlays. Always consult your county assessor, tax collector, or a qualified professional before making decisions that depend on these numbers.
How to read this county's bill
The bill here climbed steeply over 2020-2024, up 33% from $680 to $904. These ACS medians describe the reported change; they do not identify whether a levy, assessment, home value, or change in the responding households caused it.
The largest reported group here falls at the bottom of the national range: 162 of 352 owner-occupied homes (46.0%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
Earnings are below the national midpoint while the rate is above it, and the median bill equals 1.5% of median household income. The gap between those two positions is the whole story on this page.
The share above is the median annual bill divided by median household income, a ratio of two county-level medians rather than a household-by-household figure.
What Motley County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Motley County homeowners, 162 of 352 owner-occupied homes (46.0%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 46.0% (162)
- $800 to $1,499 15.1% (53)
- $1,500 to $1,999 17.0% (60)
- $2,000 to $2,999 12.2% (43)
- $3,000 or more 8.5% (30)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
4 homes here (1.1%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Texas handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Motley County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+164%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
How Motley County compares
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Motley County's effective rate is higher than 28% of the 250 counties in Texas - ranking #179 of 250 for property tax burden.
Where Motley County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.03% more affordable than 33% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
What changed since 2020
The median bill in Motley County moved from $680 in the 2020 release to $904 in 2024, a change of about 33%. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates compared across releases that share only one sample year, which is why this page never compares consecutive releases: those overlap in four years of the same households and move mostly on sampling.
Motley County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Motley County | Texas Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Above-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Light income burden | 1.5% | - | - |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates. Tax-burden differences across rows reflect millage decisions, assessment-ratio practices, and the residential-vs-commercial mix of each tax base.
Think your Motley County LIGHT bill is out of line at PAR?
On Motley County's published figures (PAR · LIGHT), a $88,000 median home carries a $904 median bill, so every 10% off an assessed value is worth about $90 a year at the same rate. Whether an appeal is worth filing depends on your own parcel. Use our free Appeal Savings Estimator to run your own numbers, then read our step-by-step appeal guide for the procedure in Texas.
Property Tax History · PAR · LIGHT
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $904 +1.6% | 1.03% |
| 2023 | $890 +16.6% | 1.10% |
| 2022 | $763 +7.5% | 1.06% |
| 2021 | $710 +4.4% | 1.20% |
| 2020 | $680 | 1.13% |
Each row is a separate ACS 5-year release, and consecutive releases share four of their five survey years. The percentage beside each bill is therefore movement in the published estimate against the previous release, not a single year's tax change. The two releases largely describe the same households. For change over time, compare releases that do not overlap.
Tax Burden
Tax Affordability Score
An effective rate notably higher than the national average of 0.92% puts Motley County in the "Affordable" band for property tax burden.
How this score is calculated: a 1-10 scale derived mechanically from the ratio of this county's effective rate to the national average effective rate (0.92%) - a ratio at or below 0.5× scores 10, a ratio at or above 2.0× scores 1, with a linear scale between. It is a factual comparison of Census figures only, not a recommendation, quality rating, or endorsement of Motley County or any other county.
Counties with similar tax profiles
On effective rate, Motley County sits nearest Lake County (SD), Seneca County (OH), Sandusky County (OH).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Jasper County (IN), Phelps County (NE), Cumberland County (VA).
How peers are chosen
These are the nearest cross-state matches in the published Census data, not neighboring counties or recommendations. Peers are rebuilt with each data release; see the calculation method.
Similar effective rates
Similar published median-tax changes, 2020–2024
What tax filers report in Motley County
The IRS county file records no returns reporting real estate taxes on Schedule A for Motley County. That is a limit of the published data rather than a finding about the county: county-level figures are withheld where the counts are too small to disclose safely, which is common in places with few filers. Roughly one county in sixteen is in this position, so the filer view available elsewhere on this site is simply not available here. Source: IRS Statistics of Income county data.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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What to do with Motley County's numbers
- Motley County's $904 median bill sits well below the U.S. median - still size a parcel estimate; local millage and exemptions move the real bill. Estimate your bill →
- Income burden is light here: about 1.5% of Motley County's $61,154 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
- Motley County ranks #179 of 250 Texas counties by effective rate - on the lower-burden half of the state ACS set. Texas overview →
- If Motley County's assessment looks high versus the $88,000 typical home, check Texas's filing window and evidence rules before the notice deadline passes. How to appeal →
Effective-rate definition
Effective rate is the county median tax divided by the county median home value ($88,000); your parcel's assessed value, exemptions, and local levies determine your actual bill. U.S. Census Bureau ACS · 2024.
Nationwide peers by effective rate & median bill
Two PlainPropertyTax-derived comparison paths for Motley County, both outside Texas so the link neighborhoods are not the same-state geography lattice. Axes stay disjoint: median-bill peers exclude the effective-rate peer set.
Similar effective rate
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS effective rate. This county: 1.03%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $904/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Motley County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Motley County (PAR · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
PAR LIGHT
Carter County, MT
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Motley County at $904/yr; rate 0.45% vs Motley County 1.03%.
Calhoun County, GA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $903/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.11% vs Motley County 1.03%.
Kidder County, ND
ABS(median_tax) peer · $903/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.58% vs Motley County 1.03%.
Marshall County, OK
ABS(median_tax) peer · $903/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.55% vs Motley County 1.03%.
Texas county set
State ACS overview for every published Texas county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Motley County stamps PAR · LIGHT - how assessed value and millage become the ACS median bill.
Data vintage and method
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates.
Property tax data reflects median amounts paid by homeowners. Effective rates are calculated as median tax divided by median home value.
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Editorial standards and provenance
PlainPropertyTax is rendered directly from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on the Census ACS county-level record for Motley County. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-08-09.