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%

Kaufman$1,860/mo

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

Clute$1,350/mo

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

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

Schools

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

Health

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

12Kaufman

10Clute

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

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

Left end = #1 in Texas. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Kaufman’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

KaufmanClute

Snow a year0″0″

January low—46°F

July high—92°F

Growing season (days)—338d

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

Outdoors & history

KaufmanClute

Trails1 mi 1 mi

Conserved land4.9%1.9%

Settled—1952

Archive photos—4

Community

KaufmanClute

Library hours a week48 hrs 41 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.

KaufmanTX CluteTX

Kaufman ↔ Clute251 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

KaufmanClute

People

Population 8,538Lowest 10,715Highest

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

Median age 34±2.8Highest 4% below TX 30±2.4Lowest 16% 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 25.8%±5.2Highest TX: 25% 22.1%±4.2Lowest TX: 25%

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

Age 65+ 13.2%±3Highest TX: 13.4% 10.7%±2.5Lowest 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+ 16.8%Highest TX: 33.8% 15%Lowest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.6%±1.7Lowest TX: 6.2% 6.8%±2.2Highest 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 $62,931±$20kLowest 20% below TX $70,208±$16kHighest 11% 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 $221,800±$19kLowest 22% below TX $271,700±$24kHighest 4% below TX

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

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

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 45.1%±22.4Lowest TX: 51.7% 54.2%±11.8Highest 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 10.6%Highest TX: 13.8% 10.4%Lowest TX: 13.8%

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

Work from home 6.2%±3.6Highest TX: 14.4% 2.9%±1.6Lowest 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 14.1%Lowest 16.2%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 33.3 miLowest 34.3 miHighest

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

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

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in CluteFew work in Kaufman

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 4.9%Highest 1.9%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 1.4 miHighest 1.3 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miLowest 0.2 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 4Highest 3Lowest

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

Schools

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

School district KAUFMAN ISDBRAZOSPORT ISD

High school in town Kaufman H SBrazoswood H S

Students per teacherat that high school 14.5Lowest 15.5Highest

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.

Kaufman vs Clute

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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