Kemp vs Poetry

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

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

Kemp has the higher population (1,389 vs 1,352 in Poetry). Poetry has the higher median household income ($103,333 vs $69,875 in Kemp). Poetry has the higher median home value ($408,300 vs $168,300 in Kemp).

Population, income & housing

	Kemp	Poetry
Population	1,389	1,352
Median age	38.8 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	$69,875	$103,333
Median home value	$168,300	$408,300
Median gross rent	$1,080	—
Housing units	531	431
Homeownership rate	64.3%	99.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	39.9%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kemp	Poetry
Population	982 → 1,389 (+41.4%)	1,513 → 1,352 (-10.6%)
Median household income	$39,038 → $69,875 (+79.0%)	$121,413 → $103,333 (-14.9%)
Median home value	$70,000 → $168,300 (+140.4%)	$245,000 → $408,300 (+66.7%)
Median gross rent	$692 → $1,080 (+56.1%)	—

Kemp

Population

9821,389

Median household income

$39,038$69,875

Median home value

$70,000$168,300

Median gross rent

$692$1,080

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)

	Kemp	Poetry
Under 5	9.1%	2.7%
5 to 17	19.8%	33.1%
18 to 24	3.8%	3.0%
25 to 34	14.6%	3.1%
35 to 44	12.2%	8.1%
45 to 54	11.3%	16.3%
55 to 64	9.0%	12.1%
65 to 74	6.5%	15.5%
75 and over	13.7%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kemp	Poetry
White (non-Hispanic)	73.1%	92.7%
Black or African American	2.4%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	22.8%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kemp	Poetry
No high school diploma	19.3%	1.4%
High school graduate	37.4%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	24.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	15.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kemp	Poetry
Drove alone	83.0%	54.7%
Carpooled	5.1%	1.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	9.1%	42.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kemp	Poetry
1-unit, detached	80.0%	89.6%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	9.7%

Poverty & households

	Kemp	Poetry
Poverty rate	11.1%	2.9%
Average household size	2.83	3.16
Mean commute (minutes)	45	26
Median year structure built	1977	1985