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.
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.
Motley County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
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 2
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 3
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 4
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 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.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Motley County as reported to the Census Bureau; your parcel can differ. Not tax, legal, or financial advice: check the county assessor or a qualified professional before 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.
Motley County's effective rate vs peers
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.
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
Show national distribution
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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.
Motley County is PAR · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Texas counties.
Motley County rate trail · PAR
| 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.
Motley County: tax takes only 1.5% of income
Counties near Motley County's effective rate
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
IRS county file: no disclosed Motley County Schedule A rows
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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Motley County rate FAQs
- How does Motley County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Motley County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.03% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Motley County, Texas?
- The median annual property tax in Motley County is $904, an effective rate of 1.03% on a $88,000 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Motley County?
- Motley County, Texas scores C (59/100) on PlainPropertyTax's tax affordability composite across 5 Census ACS dimensions (effective rate, bill size, income share, mortgage gap, and home-value/income). Its strongest scored dimension here is housing pressure at A+ (1.44×). The score compares published county medians to U.S. percentiles, it is not a personal bill and not advice to buy, sell, appeal, or relocate.
- Are property taxes increasing in Motley County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Motley County is recorded at $904 in the 2024 5-year release against $680 in 2020. That is a large swing, and it should be read as movement in a survey estimate rather than as a tax change: the median here rests on about 352 owner-occupied homes, and swings above 50% are roughly twelve times more common in the smallest counties than in the largest. Treat the two figures as imprecise and check the county assessor for actual rate changes.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Motley County?
- 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.
What to do with Motley County's PAR rate
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.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Motley County's PAR effective rate, then a disjoint out-of-state bill set so the two neighborhoods stay distinct.
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.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, county median real-estate taxes · 2024 Motley County (PAR · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.