Guide to Motley Minnesota

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.6 km² (1.4 mi²). 3.4 km² (1.3 mi²) of it is land and 0.2 km² (0.1 mi²) of it (5.04%) is water.

As of the census of 2000, there were 585 people, 258 households, and 167 families residing in the city. The population density was 171.1/km² (442.7/mi²). There were 270 housing units at an average density of 79.0/km² (204.3/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 97.95% White, 0.17% African American, 0.17% Native American, 0.34% Asian, 0.17% from other races, and 1.20% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.05% of the population.

There were 258 households out of which 31.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.7% were married couples living together, 19.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.9% were non-families. 31.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.25 and the average family size was 2.73.

In the city the population was spread out with 27.7% under the age of 18, 10.8% from 18 to 24, 24.8% from 25 to 44, 18.6% from 45 to 64, and 18.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 82.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 75.5 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $23,438, and the median income for a family was $29,659. Males had a median income of $24,063 versus $18,824 for females. The per capita income for the city was $12,220. About 19.2% of families and 18.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 31.9% of those under age 18 and 17.1% of those age 65 or over.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

MOTLEY Township, organized in the spring of 1879, took the name of its railway village, founded in 1874, which was named by officers of the Northern Pacific Railroad company. The city, with Todd County, was organized in 1885, incorporated as a village on May 1, 1905, and separated from the township on April 1, 1918; it was originally platted in section 18 of Motley Township by the Lake Superior and Puget Sound Company in 1870 but not recorded until 1879; the post office was established in Todd County in 1873 and transferred to Morrison County in 1874; it had a station of the Northern Pacific Railroad.