Poetry vs Talty

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

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

Talty has the higher population (2,727 vs 1,352 in Poetry). Talty has the higher median household income ($136,917 vs $103,333 in Poetry). Talty has the higher median home value ($441,400 vs $408,300 in Poetry).

Population, income & housing

	Poetry	Talty
Population	1,352	2,727
Median age	46.0 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$103,333	$136,917
Median home value	$408,300	$441,400
Housing units	431	864
Homeownership rate	99.1%	97.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.9%	37.4%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Poetry	Talty
Population	1,513 → 1,352 (-10.6%)	2,440 → 2,727 (+11.8%)
Median household income	$121,413 → $103,333 (-14.9%)	$128,875 → $136,917 (+6.2%)
Median home value	$245,000 → $408,300 (+66.7%)	$337,600 → $441,400 (+30.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$2,607 → $3,227 (+23.8%)

Poetry

Population

1,5131,352

Median household income

$121,413$103,333

Median home value

$245,000$408,300

Talty

Population

2,4402,727

Median household income

$128,875$136,917

Median home value

$337,600$441,400

Median gross rent

$2,607$3,227

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Poetry	Talty
Under 5	2.7%	2.8%
5 to 17	33.1%	18.9%
18 to 24	3.0%	9.3%
25 to 34	3.1%	6.3%
35 to 44	8.1%	17.9%
45 to 54	16.3%	17.2%
55 to 64	12.1%	15.8%
65 to 74	15.5%	8.3%
75 and over	6.2%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Poetry	Talty
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	62.6%
Black or African American	0.3%	16.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	17.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Poetry	Talty
No high school diploma	1.4%	6.1%
High school graduate	30.3%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	24.1%	25.2%
Graduate or professional degree	15.8%	12.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Poetry	Talty
Drove alone	54.7%	79.0%
Carpooled	1.6%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	42.6%	11.7%
Other means	0.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Poetry	Talty
1-unit, detached	89.6%	91.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.7%	8.8%

Poverty & households

	Poetry	Talty
Poverty rate	2.9%	4.1%
Average household size	3.16	3.17
Mean commute (minutes)	26	36
Median year structure built	1985	2004