What is the median home value in Poetry, TX?

Name: Home values in Poetry, TX, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median value of owner-occupied homes in Poetry, TX is $367,100 (±$137,694), as owners estimated it in the Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median home value: $367,100 (±$137,694)
Owner-occupied homes: 487 (±112)
Most common range: $500,000 to $999,999

Home values in Poetry

Owner-occupied homes by value, 2020–2024
Value	Poetry	Kaufman County	Texas	United States
Less than $50,000	0.8% (±1.2 points)	5.1%	6.0%	5.3%
$50,000 to $99,999	6.6% (±5.4 points)	3.7%	7.3%	6.1%
$100,000 to $149,999	3.3% (±2.9 points)	5.0%	7.7%	6.8%
$150,000 to $199,999	7.8% (±6.0 points)	7.1%	10.2%	9.0%
$200,000 to $299,999	26.7% (±9.8 points)	23.1%	22.1%	17.8%
$300,000 to $499,999	18.3% (±8.8 points)	44.0%	28.0%	26.9%
$500,000 to $999,999	28.1% (±13.7 points)	10.8%	14.9%	20.9%
$1,000,000 or more	8.4% (±7.6 points)	1.2%	3.7%	7.1%

The most common range is $500,000 to $999,999, 28.1% of owned homes.

Value is the owner’s own estimate of what the home and lot would sell for, not a sale price or an assessment.

Poetry against Kaufman County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Poetry	Kaufman County	Texas	United States
Median home value	$367,100 (±$137,694)	$320,900 (±$6,354)	$283,800 (±$738)	$332,700
Owner-occupied homes	487 (±112)	39,818 (±814)	6,879,255 (±32,101)	84,210,142

In Poetry, the median home value is not measurably different from Kaufman County ($320,900).

It is not measurably different from Texas ($283,800).

It is not measurably different from the national figure ($332,700).

In Kaufman County, Poetry ranks 3 of 19 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median home value.

Statewide, it ranks 196 of 1,372.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

Median home value in places near Poetry

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Poetry
Place	Distance	Median home value	Compared with this place
Poetry	—	$367,100 (±$137,694)	—
Union Valley	7.5 mi	$325,900 (±$50,808)	Not measurably different
McLendon-Chisholm	7.7 mi	$629,400 (±$36,803)	Higher
Terrell	8.2 mi	$218,500 (±$23,722)	Lower
Quinlan	8.9 mi	$193,800 (±$27,523)	Lower
Elmo	9.3 mi	$199,200 (±$118,646)	Not measurably different
Royse City	10.0 mi	$322,500 (±$18,960)	Not measurably different
Fate	10 mi	$384,300 (±$14,316)	Not measurably different
Mobile City	11 mi	$22,200 (±$1,396)	Lower

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Terrell, TX ($218,500), Quinlan, TX ($193,800), Mobile City, TX ($22,200).

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: McLendon-Chisholm, TX ($629,400).

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Median home value across Kaufman County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median home value
1	Talty	$483,300 (±$30,234)
2	Post Oak Bend	$391,700 (±$39,509)
3	Poetry	$367,100 (±$137,694)
4	Forney	$346,400 (±$10,945)
5	Travis Ranch	$345,400 (±$10,872)
6	Oak Ridge (Kaufman County)	$335,500 (±$52,994)
7	Combine	$323,800 (±$97,823)
8	Heartland	$322,000 (±$17,605)
9	Crandall	$303,000 (±$23,543)

Showing 9 of 19 places in Kaufman County, ranked from highest to lowest.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Poetry

What is the average home value in Poetry, TX?

The Census Bureau publishes the median: $367,100 (±$137,694) for owner-occupied homes in Poetry (2020–2024 American Community Survey).

Is this what homes in Poetry sell for?

No: it is the value owners reported, which tends to lag the market; recent sale prices and an appraisal answer that question.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Poetry town, Texas (place:58502, in state:48).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25077_001E, B25077_001M, B25088_002E, B25088_002M, B25103_001E, B25103_001M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0089E, DP04_0089M, DP04_0046E, DP04_0046M, DP04_0081PE, DP04_0081PM, DP04_0082PE, DP04_0082PM, DP04_0083PE, DP04_0083PM, DP04_0084PE, DP04_0084PM, DP04_0085PE, DP04_0085PM, DP04_0086PE, DP04_0086PM, DP04_0087PE, DP04_0087PM, DP04_0088PE, DP04_0088PM

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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.