Oak Ridge vs Poetry

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

Oak Ridge 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 811 in Oak Ridge). Poetry has the higher median household income ($103,333 vs $92,750 in Oak Ridge). Poetry has the higher median home value ($408,300 vs $318,400 in Oak Ridge).

Population, income & housing

	Oak Ridge	Poetry
Population	811	1,352
Median age	36.0 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	$92,750	$103,333
Median home value	$318,400	$408,300
Median gross rent	$1,054	—
Housing units	259	431
Homeownership rate	88.0%	99.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	39.9%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oak Ridge	Poetry
Population	698 → 811 (+16.2%)	1,513 → 1,352 (-10.6%)
Median household income	$86,250 → $92,750 (+7.5%)	$121,413 → $103,333 (-14.9%)
Median home value	$189,300 → $318,400 (+68.2%)	$245,000 → $408,300 (+66.7%)
Median gross rent	$794 → $1,054 (+32.7%)	—

Oak Ridge

Population

698811

Median household income

$86,250$92,750

Median home value

$189,300$318,400

Median gross rent

$794$1,054

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 Ridge	Poetry
Under 5	7.9%	2.7%
5 to 17	17.1%	33.1%
18 to 24	5.2%	3.0%
25 to 34	15.8%	3.1%
35 to 44	16.3%	8.1%
45 to 54	11.0%	16.3%
55 to 64	14.7%	12.1%
65 to 74	7.6%	15.5%
75 and over	4.4%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oak Ridge	Poetry
White (non-Hispanic)	49.1%	92.7%
Black or African American	9.2%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.0%	0.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	36.3%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oak Ridge	Poetry
No high school diploma	12.2%	1.4%
High school graduate	38.9%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	24.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	15.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oak Ridge	Poetry
Drove alone	70.7%	54.7%
Carpooled	15.1%	1.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	14.2%	42.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oak Ridge	Poetry
1-unit, detached	93.1%	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	6.9%	9.7%

Poverty & households

	Oak Ridge	Poetry
Poverty rate	2.5%	2.9%
Average household size	3.24	3.16
Mean commute (minutes)	42	26
Median year structure built	2000	1985