A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Clute$1,350/mo

Typical home $199K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.85% · or rent about $1,130/mo · Housing →

Kaufman$1,860/mo

Typical home $293K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.31% · or rent about $1,364/mo · Housing →

The difference: $500 a month, about $6,000 a year, between Kaufman and Clute.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Kaufman places higher on 12 of 22 TX lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Texas ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

CCluteSafer than 29% of U.S. towns BKaufmanSafer than 55% of U.S. towns

Schools

B−CluteBetter than 51% of districts in the state BKaufmanBetter than 63% of districts in the state

Health

CCluteHealthier than 35% of U.S. towns C−KaufmanHealthier than 19% of U.S. towns

10Clute

12Kaufman

Lists won, of 22 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Highest graduation rateSchools · 584 towns #499#21 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 632 towns #77#443 Shortest commuteGetting around · 653 towns #183#461 Fewest smokersHealth · 652 towns #217#469 Lowest depressionHealth · 652 towns #148#383 SafestSafety · 470 towns #322#168 Most new homesHousing · 535 towns #288#120 Lowest property taxCost of living · 647 towns #474#299

Left end = #1 in Texas. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Clute’s rankings →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

CluteKaufman

Snow a year0″0″

January low46°F —

July high92°F —

Growing season (days)338d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)54th 27th

Outdoors & history

CluteKaufman

Trails1 mi 1 mi

Conserved land1.9%4.9%

Settled1952 —

Archive photos4 —

Community

CluteKaufman

Library hours a week41 hrs 48 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

251 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

CluteTX KaufmanTX

Clute ↔ Kaufman251 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Texas average

CluteKaufman

People

Population 10,715Highest 8,538Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -5.4%Lowest TX: +15.9% +1.4%Highest TX: +15.9%

Median age 30±2.4Lowest 16% below TX 34±2.8Highest 4% below TX

Kaufman and Clute are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 22.1%±4.2Lowest TX: 25% 25.8%±5.2Highest TX: 25%

Kaufman and Clute are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 10.7%±2.5Lowest TX: 13.4% 13.2%±3Highest TX: 13.4%

Kaufman and Clute are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 15%Lowest TX: 33.8% 16.8%Highest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6.8%±2.2Highest TX: 6.2% 4.6%±1.7Lowest TX: 6.2%

Clute and Kaufman are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $70,208±$16kHighest 11% below TX $62,931±$20kLowest 20% below TX

Clute and Kaufman are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $271,700±$24kHighest 4% below TX $221,800±$19kLowest 22% below TX

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,130±$129Lowest 19% below TX $1,364±$99Highest about the TX average

Property taxmedian, yearly $5,024Highest 19% above TX $2,900Lowest 31% below TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 54.2%±11.8Highest TX: 51.7% 45.1%±22.4Lowest TX: 51.7%

Clute and Kaufman are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 10.4%Lowest TX: 13.8% 10.6%Highest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 49.2%Highest TX: 62.6% 46.7%Lowest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1986Highest 6 yrs older than TX 1976Lowest 16 yrs older than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 21 minLowest 21% below TX 29 minHighest 9% above TX

Work from home 2.9%±1.6Lowest TX: 14.4% 6.2%±3.6Highest TX: 14.4%

Kaufman and Clute are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 16.2%Highest 14.1%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 34.3 miHighest 33.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.84Highest 1.18Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Houston (18%)Dallas (17%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in KaufmanFew work in Clute

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.9%Lowest 4.9%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 1.3 miLowest 1.4 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miHighest 0.1 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 3Lowest 4Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 58.1Highest 54.0Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #297 of 583 in TX #277 of 583 in TX

School district BRAZOSPORT ISDKAUFMAN ISD

High school in town Brazoswood H SKaufman H S

Students per teacherat that high school 15.5Highest 14.5Lowest

Texas average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Clute vs Kaufman

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $500 more a month in Kaufman

Kaufman places higher on 12 of 22 TX lists

What daily life feels like in each

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