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Poetry is a small town of 1,642 people in Hunt County, Texas. It's about 30 miles from Dallas, TX. Summer highs average 95°F and winter highs 57°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $367k and rent runs about $2k a month.
1,642people
$367kTypical home
$2,114/moRent
95° / 57°Summer / winter
0"Snow
269Sunny days
76Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,642
- Part of a metro area
- About 406 people per sq mi
- 30 mi to Dallas, TX
- 30 mi to Dallas, TX
- 8 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $367k (≈$2,315/mo)
- Median rent $2,114/mo
- Median household income $95k
- Property tax about 1.3% of value
- 6.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 95°F
- Winter highs around 57°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 69°F)
- 269 sunny days a year (134 totally clear)
- 96 cloudy days a year
- 32 of 90 winter days are gray
- 76 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- 17 days a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Low violent crime (244 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (905 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 45
- 31% of households have kids
- 19% are 65 or older
- 31% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 6% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 33 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 34 mi to DAL airport
- 34 mi to DAL (major hub)
- 32 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 86% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1987
- 88% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 591 ft
- 225 mi to the ocean
- 70 mi to a big lake
- 21 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 18 mi to the nearest campground
- 18 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 511 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 13 bars within 25 mi
- 239 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 4 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 11 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 20 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 12% of Texas districts (reading)
- 7 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 10 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 10 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 10 mi to the nearest vet
- 8 mi to the nearest dog park
- 9 congregations per 10k people
- 22 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Hunt County: R+56 in 2024
- Texas: R+14 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Moderate flood risk
- Low drought risk
- Low winter storm risk
- High heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk