Kaufman, Texas.
Typical home $286,236 (+1.6% in a year), asking rent $1,381 . Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$761 (+103%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $4,607 +2%
- $281,630$286,236 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $24,581 +9%
- $261,655$286,236 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Kaufman$1,502
- Texas$1,556
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 39 years.
Typical home values in Kaufman, TX rose 1.6% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Kaufman, Kaufman County, Texas
Kaufman is a city of 6,797 people in Kaufman County. 47% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 53% are rented. Unemployment in Kaufman County was 4.7% in August 2026, and the county had 5.0% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then construction.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Kaufman is a small city in Kaufman County, Texas, and its residents are younger than in many American towns. Fewer homes are lived in by their owners than across much of the country, so renting is common alongside owning. A smaller share of adults hold a four-year degree than in many places, and the poverty rate is modest. Winters are mild, with cool days and nights that stay a little above freezing in January, while summers turn properly hot, peaking in August.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, and in the building trades, with retail and professional and business services close behind. Among the largest workplaces in Kaufman are Kaufman ISD, the school district, and Brookshire's, the grocery chain. Across Kaufman County, jobs have grown over the past year, and unemployment has been close to where it stood a year earlier. The typical commute is a fairly long one, and few people work from home.
Things to do. Kaufman Lake, a reservoir, is a short drive away, which makes it the easy choice for time by the water. A longer drive brings you to Lake Tawakoni State Park, a protected area built around the lake, and to the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden, a large garden for slow walks in the warmer months.
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- 2,506households
- 17%of adults have a degree
- 11%below the poverty line
- 29 mintypical commute
- 6%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Kaufman County had 45,719 jobs in 2025, 5.0% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 56° and lows near 33°; warmest in August, with highs near 95° and lows near 72°.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Kaufman Southeast weather station, 3 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Kaufman
- Kaufman ISDSchool district548FTE
- Brookshire'sSupermarkets and other grocery retailers93
- Sunbelt Vacuum ServiceRoofing contractors50
- SLP OperationsSkilled nursing facilities29
- KaufmanMail and parcel delivery28
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 4 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 200 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- HailRelatively high
- Heat wavesRelatively high
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Kaufman’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Kaufman County and the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro.
Kaufman home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Kaufman$286,236
- Texas$296,424
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Kaufman listings — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Kaufman26.94%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Kaufman109
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Kaufman23
Zip codes with a Kaufman address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Kaufman — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.