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 →

Mabank$1,720/mo

Typical home $272K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.27% · or rent about $994/mo · Housing →

The difference: $140 a month, about $1,700 a year, between Kaufman and Mabank.

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

Mabank places higher on 11 of 21 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 –MabankNot graded

Schools

BKaufmanBetter than 63% of districts in the state A−MabankBetter than 76% of districts in the state

Health

C−KaufmanHealthier than 19% of U.S. towns CMabankHealthier than 30% of U.S. towns

8Kaufman

11Mabank

Lists won, of 21 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Fastest growingGrowth · 640 towns #441#120 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 652 towns #435#195 Lowest depressionHealth · 652 towns #383#618 Most conserved landOutdoors · 572 towns #152#350 Cheapest rentCost of living · 624 towns #400#186 Most walkableOutdoors · 653 towns #384#548 Most activeHealth · 652 towns #423#283 Shortest commuteGetting around · 653 towns #461#348

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

KaufmanMabank

Snow a year0″—

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

Outdoors & history

KaufmanMabank

Trails1 mi 1 mi

Conserved land4.9%1.5%

Settled—1900

Archive photos—5

Famous people born here—2

Community

KaufmanMabank

Library hours a week48 hrs 32 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 1

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

19 miles apart

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

KaufmanMabank

Kaufman ↔ Mabank19 miles apart

Who commutes between them

46 Mabank residents work in Kaufman (2.5% of its workers)

Work & commute in Mabank →

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

KaufmanMabank

People

Population 8,538Highest 5,187Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +1.4%Lowest TX: +15.9% +33.4%Highest TX: +15.9%

Median age 34±2.8Highest 4% below TX 33.1±2.9Lowest 7% below TX

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

Kids under 18 25.8%±5.2Lowest TX: 25% 30%±7Highest TX: 25%

Mabank and Kaufman 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% 12%±3.6Lowest TX: 13.4%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 16.8%Lowest TX: 33.8% 22.1%Highest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.6%±1.7Lowest TX: 6.2% 5%±2.8Highest TX: 6.2%

Mabank 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±$20kHighest 20% below TX $54,889±$9kLowest 30% below TX

Kaufman and Mabank 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 $254,900±$22kHighest 10% below TX

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,364±$99Highest about the TX average $994±$102Lowest 29% below TX

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,900Lowest 31% below TX $3,237Highest 24% below TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 45.1%±22.4Lowest TX: 51.7% 67.8%±21.6Highest TX: 51.7%

Mabank 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% 5%Lowest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 46.7%Highest TX: 62.6% 43.8%Lowest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1976Lowest 16 yrs older than TX 2002Highest 10 yrs newer than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 29 minHighest 9% above TX 26 minLowest 4% below TX

Work from home 6.2%±3.6Highest TX: 14.4% 4.4%±3.7Lowest TX: 14.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 14.1%Highest 13.7%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 33.3 miLowest 48.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.18Lowest 1.53Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Dallas (17%)Dallas (11%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Mabank3% work in Kaufman

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 4.9%Highest 1.5%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 1.4 mi 1.4 mi

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miLowest 0.2 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 4Highest 2Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 54.0Highest 32.1Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #277 of 583 in TX #198 of 583 in TX

School district KAUFMAN ISDMABANK ISD · MARTINS MILL ISD

High school in town Kaufman H SMabank H S

Students per teacherat that high school 14.5Highest 13.7Lowest

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

Deciding?

Ask the people who live there

The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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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 Mabank

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs about the same each month

Mabank places higher on 11 of 21 TX lists

What daily life feels like in each

19 miles apart

What matters to you?

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