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%

Mabank$1,720/mo

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

Kaufman$1,860/mo

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

–MabankNot graded BKaufmanSafer than 55% of U.S. towns

Schools

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

Health

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

11Mabank

8Kaufman

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

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

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

MabankKaufman

Snow a year—0″

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

Outdoors & history

MabankKaufman

Trails1 mi 1 mi

Conserved land1.5%4.9%

Settled1900 —

Archive photos5 —

Famous people born here2 —

Community

MabankKaufman

Library hours a week32 hrs 48 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined1 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

19 miles apart

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

MabankKaufman

Mabank ↔ Kaufman19 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

MabankKaufman

People

Population 5,187Lowest 8,538Highest

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

Median age 33.1±2.9Lowest 7% below TX 34±2.8Highest 4% 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 30%±7Highest TX: 25% 25.8%±5.2Lowest TX: 25%

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

Age 65+ 12%±3.6Lowest TX: 13.4% 13.2%±3Highest 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+ 22.1%Highest TX: 33.8% 16.8%Lowest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5%±2.8Highest TX: 6.2% 4.6%±1.7Lowest 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 $54,889±$9kLowest 30% below TX $62,931±$20kHighest 20% 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 $254,900±$22kHighest 10% below TX $221,800±$19kLowest 22% 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 $994±$102Lowest 29% below TX $1,364±$99Highest about the TX average

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

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 67.8%±21.6Highest TX: 51.7% 45.1%±22.4Lowest 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 5%Lowest TX: 13.8% 10.6%Highest TX: 13.8%

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

Work from home 4.4%±3.7Lowest TX: 14.4% 6.2%±3.6Highest 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 13.7%Lowest 14.1%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 48.8 miHighest 33.3 miLowest

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

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

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 3% work in KaufmanFew work in Mabank

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.5%Lowest 4.9%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 1.4 mi 1.4 mi

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miHighest 0.1 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2Lowest 4Highest

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

Schools

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

School district MABANK ISD · MARTINS MILL ISDKAUFMAN ISD

High school in town Mabank H SKaufman H S

Students per teacherat that high school 13.7Lowest 14.5Highest

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

Deciding?

Ask the people who live there

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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.

Mabank vs Kaufman

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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