Poetry vs Scurry

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

Poetry and Scurry 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 720 in Scurry). Scurry has the higher median household income ($108,125 vs $103,333 in Poetry). Poetry has the higher median home value ($408,300 vs $309,500 in Scurry).

Population, income & housing

	Poetry	Scurry
Population	1,352	720
Median age	46.0 yrs	29.1 yrs
Median household income	$103,333	$108,125
Median home value	$408,300	$309,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,227
Housing units	431	255
Homeownership rate	99.1%	75.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.9%	27.1%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Poetry	Scurry
Population	1,513 → 1,352 (-10.6%)	464 → 720 (+55.2%)
Median household income	$121,413 → $103,333 (-14.9%)	$58,438 → $108,125 (+85.0%)
Median home value	$245,000 → $408,300 (+66.7%)	$180,400 → $309,500 (+71.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$788 → $1,227 (+55.7%)

Poetry

Population

1,5131,352

Median household income

$121,413$103,333

Median home value

$245,000$408,300

Scurry

Population

464720

Median household income

$58,438$108,125

Median home value

$180,400$309,500

Median gross rent

$788$1,227

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Poetry	Scurry
Under 5	2.7%	10.1%
5 to 17	33.1%	23.5%
18 to 24	3.0%	7.5%
25 to 34	3.1%	21.1%
35 to 44	8.1%	10.7%
45 to 54	16.3%	10.7%
55 to 64	12.1%	7.9%
65 to 74	15.5%	5.0%
75 and over	6.2%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Poetry	Scurry
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	88.2%
Black or African American	0.3%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.9%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Poetry	Scurry
No high school diploma	1.4%	3.1%
High school graduate	30.3%	36.3%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	24.1%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	15.8%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Poetry	Scurry
Drove alone	54.7%	83.2%
Carpooled	1.6%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	42.6%	11.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Poetry	Scurry
1-unit, detached	89.6%	82.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.7%	14.5%

Poverty & households

	Poetry	Scurry
Poverty rate	2.9%	8.5%
Average household size	3.16	2.99
Mean commute (minutes)	26	44
Median year structure built	1985	1998