Oak Grove vs Poetry

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

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

Poetry has the higher population (1,352 vs 671 in Oak Grove). Oak Grove has the higher median household income ($109,107 vs $103,333 in Poetry). Poetry has the higher median home value ($408,300 vs $260,700 in Oak Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Oak Grove	Poetry
Population	671	1,352
Median age	39.0 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	$109,107	$103,333
Median home value	$260,700	$408,300
Housing units	257	431
Homeownership rate	88.9%	99.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	39.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oak Grove	Poetry
Population	579 → 671 (+15.9%)	1,513 → 1,352 (-10.6%)
Median household income	$78,750 → $109,107 (+38.5%)	$121,413 → $103,333 (-14.9%)
Median home value	$171,800 → $260,700 (+51.7%)	$245,000 → $408,300 (+66.7%)

Oak Grove

Population

579671

Median household income

$78,750$109,107

Median home value

$171,800$260,700

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)

	Oak Grove	Poetry
Under 5	7.2%	2.7%
5 to 17	19.8%	33.1%
18 to 24	5.4%	3.0%
25 to 34	12.7%	3.1%
35 to 44	9.5%	8.1%
45 to 54	17.1%	16.3%
55 to 64	8.5%	12.1%
65 to 74	10.9%	15.5%
75 and over	8.9%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oak Grove	Poetry
White (non-Hispanic)	55.7%	92.7%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	39.3%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oak Grove	Poetry
No high school diploma	11.0%	1.4%
High school graduate	37.4%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	24.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	15.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oak Grove	Poetry
Drove alone	76.8%	54.7%
Carpooled	11.8%	1.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	8.8%	42.6%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oak Grove	Poetry
1-unit, detached	100.0%	89.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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	0.0%	9.7%

Poverty & households

	Oak Grove	Poetry
Poverty rate	10.6%	2.9%
Average household size	2.75	3.16
Mean commute (minutes)	37	26
Median year structure built	1977	1985