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 →

Marble Falls$2,580/mo

Typical home $399K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.48% · or rent about $1,360/mo · Housing →

The difference: $730 a month, about $8,700 a year, between Marble Falls and Kaufman.

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

Marble Falls 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 C−Marble FallsSafer than 23% of U.S. towns

Schools

BKaufmanBetter than 63% of districts in the state B−Marble FallsBetter than 46% of districts in the state

Health

C−KaufmanHealthier than 19% of U.S. towns CMarble FallsHealthier than 27% of U.S. towns

9Kaufman

12Marble Falls

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

Shortest commuteGetting around · 653 towns #461#22 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 632 towns #443#88 Most conserved landOutdoors · 572 towns #152#411 SafestSafety · 470 towns #168#365 Fastest growingGrowth · 640 towns #441#215 Most walkableOutdoors · 653 towns #384#567 Highest graduation rateSchools · 584 towns #21#179 Lowest property taxCost of living · 647 towns #299#473

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

KaufmanMarble Falls

Snow a year0″0″

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)27th 49th

Outdoors & history

KaufmanMarble Falls

Trails1 mi 3 mi

Conserved land4.9%1%

Settled—1887

National Register places—1

Community

KaufmanMarble Falls

Library hours a week48 hrs 38 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

181 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

KaufmanTX Marble FallsTX

Kaufman ↔ Marble Falls181 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

KaufmanMarble Falls

People

Population 8,538Highest 7,752Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +1.4%Lowest TX: +15.9% +15.8%Highest TX: +15.9%

Median age 34±2.8Lowest 4% below TX 35.5±2.9Highest about the TX average

Marble Falls and Kaufman 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% 26.1%±4.3Highest TX: 25%

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

Age 65+ 13.2%±3Lowest TX: 13.4% 17%±3.2Highest TX: 13.4%

Marble Falls and Kaufman 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% 26.9%Highest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.6%±1.7Lowest TX: 6.2% 6.1%±3.3Highest TX: 6.2%

Marble Falls 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 $57,925±$7kLowest 26% below TX

Kaufman and Marble Falls 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 $338,800±$37kHighest 19% above TX

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,364±$99Highest about the TX average $1,360±$66Lowest 3% below TX

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,900Lowest 31% below TX $5,020Highest 19% above TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 45.1%±22.4Lowest TX: 51.7% 51%±14Highest TX: 51.7%

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

Below poverty line 10.6%Lowest TX: 13.8% 15.5%Highest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 46.7%Highest TX: 62.6% 41.4%Lowest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1976Lowest 16 yrs older than TX 2001Highest 9 yrs newer than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 29 minHighest 9% above TX 15 minLowest 44% below TX

Work from home 6.2%±3.6Highest TX: 14.4% 5.4%±2.9Lowest TX: 14.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 14.1%Lowest 26.4%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 33.3 miHighest 31.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.18Lowest 2.01Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Dallas (17%)Austin (15%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Marble FallsFew work in Kaufman

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 4.9%Highest 1%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 1.4 miLowest 3.1 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miLowest 0.2 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 4Lowest 7Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 54.0Highest 28.5Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #277 of 583 in TX #325 of 583 in TX

School district KAUFMAN ISDMARBLE FALLS ISD

High school in town Kaufman H SMarble Falls H S

Students per teacherat that high school 14.5Highest 13.7Lowest

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

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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 Marble Falls

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $730 more a month in Marble Falls

Marble Falls places higher on 12 of 22 TX lists

What daily life feels like in each

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