Mabank, Texas.
Typical home $270,099 (-1.1% in a year), asking rent $1,796 . Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$709 (+100%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Down $2,939 -1%
- $273,038$270,099 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $19,286 +8%
- $250,813$270,099 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.
- Mabank$1,418
- Texas$1,556
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 47 years.
Typical home values in Mabank, TX fell 1.1% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Mabank, Kaufman County, Texas
Mabank is a town of 4,050 people in Kaufman County. Half its households earn more than $54,889 a year and half less, against $89,485 across Kaufman County; 5% of its people live below the poverty line. 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 manufacturing.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Mabank is a small town in Kaufman County with a younger population than many Texas towns of its size. Household incomes here are well below the county's, while few residents live below the poverty line. Homes cost a fair amount to buy and renting is not cheap either, and a smaller share of adults hold a four-year degree than you might expect.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, with manufacturing, shops, and transport and warehousing close behind. The largest workplaces in Mabank include Mabank ISD, Trussworks-Mabank, which makes wood roof and floor trusses, and Brookshire's, the supermarket. Few people work from home, and the typical commute is a fairly long one. Across Kaufman County, jobs have grown over the past year and unemployment has edged up slightly.
Things to do. Water is the main draw nearby. Cedar Creek Reservoir is a short drive away, as is Purtis Creek State Park, a protected area good for a day outdoors. King's Creek, also a short drive, offers a quieter riverside setting. Winters are mild and cool, and summers are hot, so spring and fall are easiest for time outside.
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- 1,864households
- 22%of adults have a degree
- 5%below the poverty line
- 26 mintypical commute
- 4%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, 16 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Mabank
- Mabank ISDSchool district560FTE
- Trussworks-MabankTrusses, wood roof or floor, manufacturing193
- Brookshire'sSupermarkets and other grocery retailers108
- PMG OPCO-MabankNursing homes95
- Nations Best TX LLC Mabank444110 home centers50
- Atwoods 73Retail store39
- Motion Control Enterprises423830 industrial machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers38
- MabankMail and parcel delivery36
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 10 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 635 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
- TornadoesRelatively high
- Cold wavesRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Mabank’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. 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.
Mabank home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Mabank$270,099
- Texas$296,424
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 Mabank 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.
- Mabank32.75%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Mabank86
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Mabank12
Zip codes with a Mabank address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Mabank — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.