Kaufman, TX real estate and demographic information

About Kaufman

Kaufman is a somewhat small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 6,832 people and four constituent neighborhoods, Kaufman is the 291st largest community in Texas.

Unlike some cities, Kaufman isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Kaufman are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Kaufman is a city of sales and office workers, professionals and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Kaufman who work in office and administrative support (15.18%), management occupations (9.44%) and sales jobs (7.21%).

It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Kaufman has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Kaufman has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Kaufman than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Kaufman may be for you.

Kaufman Information and Demographics

The education level of Kaufman citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 17.78% of adults 25 and older in Kaufman have a college degree.

The per capita income in Kaufman in 2010 was $17,013, which is lower middle income relative to Texas, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $68,052 for a family of four. However, Kaufman contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Kaufman is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Kaufman home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Kaufman residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Kaufman also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 32.60% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Kaufman include Irish, English and German.

Kaufman also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 17.19%.

The most common language spoken in Kaufman is English. Some people also speak Spanish.