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%

Marble Falls$2,580/mo

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

Kaufman$1,860/mo

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

C−Marble FallsSafer than 23% of U.S. towns BKaufmanSafer than 55% of U.S. towns

Schools

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

Health

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

12Marble Falls

9Kaufman

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

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

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

Marble FallsKaufman

Snow a year0″0″

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

Outdoors & history

Marble FallsKaufman

Trails3 mi 1 mi

Conserved land1%4.9%

Settled1887 —

National Register places1 —

Community

Marble FallsKaufman

Library hours a week38 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

181 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Marble FallsTX KaufmanTX

Marble Falls ↔ Kaufman181 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

Marble FallsKaufman

People

Population 7,752Lowest 8,538Highest

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

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

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

Kids under 18 26.1%±4.3Highest TX: 25% 25.8%±5.2Lowest 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+ 17%±3.2Highest TX: 13.4% 13.2%±3Lowest 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+ 26.9%Highest TX: 33.8% 16.8%Lowest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6.1%±3.3Highest TX: 6.2% 4.6%±1.7Lowest 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 $57,925±$7kLowest 26% below TX $62,931±$20kHighest 20% 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 $338,800±$37kHighest 19% above TX $221,800±$19kLowest 22% below TX

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

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

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

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 51%±14Highest TX: 51.7% 45.1%±22.4Lowest 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 15.5%Highest TX: 13.8% 10.6%Lowest TX: 13.8%

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

Work from home 5.4%±2.9Lowest TX: 14.4% 6.2%±3.6Highest 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 26.4%Highest 14.1%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 31.8 miLowest 33.3 miHighest

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

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

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in KaufmanFew work in Marble Falls

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1%Lowest 4.9%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 3.1 miHighest 1.4 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miHighest 0.1 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 7Highest 4Lowest

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

Schools

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

School district MARBLE FALLS ISDKAUFMAN ISD

High school in town Marble Falls H SKaufman H S

Students per teacherat that high school 13.7Lowest 14.5Highest

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.

Marble Falls vs Kaufman

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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