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Auto repair shops in Motley County, TX

How Motley County, TX compares with other counties and the U.S. for auto repair shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
2
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$460K
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,001 a household
Spending per listing
$230K
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
43.5
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
1,043
−1.8% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Households in Motley County spend about $460K a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $1,001 per household, 4% above the U.S. average. Spread across 2 auto repair shops, that is $230K per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.

There are 2 auto repair shops on map listings in Motley County as of September 2026. That is 43.5 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for mechanical, body and glass repair in Motley County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates put the population change in Motley County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Motley County compares

The same measures for Texas and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all vehicle maintenance and repairs by the auto repair shops counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Auto repair shops in Motley County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureMotley CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households43.526.121.5
Spending per listing$230K$352K$445K
Households per official establishmentn/a1,058955
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+10.9%+2.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.8%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,001$918$958
Median household income$61,154$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored46

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
20 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
0
Amount
$0

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Motley County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.

Population and households in Motley County

Population, 2025 estimate
1,043−1.8% since 2020
Households
460
Median age
49.5
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
990 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1
Median household income
$61,154
Average household income
$68,634
Median home value
$88,000
Jobs located here
212
Daytime population
993Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Auto repair shops across Texas

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The highest-scoring counties in Texas for auto repair shops, numbered among those based in Texas, with Motley County marked.

Top counties in Texas

Counties in Texas ranked for auto repair shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Chambers County, TX902514.5$745K+22.6%#23 of 2,378
2Fort Bend County, TX8545815.6$680K+17.4%#51 of 2,378
3San Jacinto County, TX83109.2$1.1M+7.1%#64 of 2,378
4Falls County, TX8069.5$967K+5.5%#109 of 2,378
5Collin County, TX7770717.0$586K+20.6%#173 of 2,378
6Denton County, TX7666318.4$553K+16.9%#199 of 2,378
7Llano County, TX751614.9$603K+9.5%#213 of 2,378
8Jones County, TX751220.3$505K+6.1%#218 of 2,378
9Franklin County, TX74820.5$532K+6.0%#240 of 2,378
10Wilson County, TX733720.3$569K+12.2%#267 of 2,378
Motley County, TXNot scored243.5$230K−1.8%

Other business types in Motley County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many auto repair shops are in Motley County, TX?

As of September 2026, map listings count 2 auto repair shops in Motley County. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. No official count is published for mechanical, body and glass repair in Motley County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Motley County, TX spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $460K a year, or $1,001 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $230K per shop. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which auto repair shops share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 460 households in Motley County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Motley County, TX compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?

Motley County has 2 auto repair shops on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Motley County would have about 1, against 2 on map listings.

How fast is Motley County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Motley County at 1,043 people in 2025, down 1.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 460 households. Median household income in Motley County is $61,154, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

What is the Groundwork market score?

The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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