Combine vs Poetry

A side-by-side comparison of Combine and Poetry: population, income, housing, and more.

Combine and Poetry are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Combine has the higher population (2,780 vs 1,352 in Poetry). Poetry has the higher median household income ($103,333 vs $92,360 in Combine). Poetry has the higher median home value ($408,300 vs $267,500 in Combine).

Population, income & housing

	Combine	Poetry
Population	2,780	1,352
Median age	38.8 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	$92,360	$103,333
Median home value	$267,500	$408,300
Median gross rent	$1,663	—
Housing units	889	431
Homeownership rate	91.5%	99.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	39.9%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Combine	Poetry
Population	2,222 → 2,780 (+25.1%)	1,513 → 1,352 (-10.6%)
Median household income	$78,942 → $92,360 (+17.0%)	$121,413 → $103,333 (-14.9%)
Median home value	$180,700 → $267,500 (+48.0%)	$245,000 → $408,300 (+66.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,236 → $1,663 (+34.5%)	—

Combine

Population

2,2222,780

Median household income

$78,942$92,360

Median home value

$180,700$267,500

Median gross rent

$1,236$1,663

Poetry

Population

1,5131,352

Median household income

$121,413$103,333

Median home value

$245,000$408,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Combine	Poetry
Under 5	4.0%	2.7%
5 to 17	22.6%	33.1%
18 to 24	8.7%	3.0%
25 to 34	6.0%	3.1%
35 to 44	18.8%	8.1%
45 to 54	13.9%	16.3%
55 to 64	10.9%	12.1%
65 to 74	11.7%	15.5%
75 and over	3.5%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Combine	Poetry
White (non-Hispanic)	66.8%	92.7%
Black or African American	2.6%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.9%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	22.7%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Combine	Poetry
No high school diploma	24.5%	1.4%
High school graduate	30.3%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	23.6%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	24.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	15.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Combine	Poetry
Drove alone	75.6%	54.7%
Carpooled	13.5%	1.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	10.1%	42.6%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Combine	Poetry
1-unit, detached	73.2%	89.6%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	25.1%	9.7%

Poverty & households

	Combine	Poetry
Poverty rate	7.7%	2.9%
Average household size	3.34	3.16
Mean commute (minutes)	44	26
Median year structure built	1991	1985