Kaufman County, TX real estate

What the numbers say

Kaufman County, TX real estate at a glance

By AstroCore · Realtor.com, US Census and Freddie Mac data

In September 2026, the median home in Kaufman County listed for $329,450, down 2.5% from a year earlier. That is 7% below the Texas median of $355,765.

Homes spent a median of 69 days on the market, faster than 73 days a year ago. That makes Kaufman County the #28 fastest-selling of 59 Texas counties we track.

Homeowners in Kaufman County pay a median of $5,377 a year in property taxes on a median home value of $320,900, an effective rate of about 1.68%. The Texas average is 1.49%, which makes Kaufman County the #235 lowest-tax of 250 counties in the state with published tax data.

Renters pay a median of $1,554 a month, and $1,263 for a two-bedroom. At today's prices a typical home costs about 18 times a year's rent.

With 20% down and today's 7.24% average 30-year rate, the monthly payment on a $329,000 home here comes to about $2,393 including property tax and insurance. Lenders typically want that to be under 28% of income, which works out to roughly $103,000 a year (the median household here earns $89,485).