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Real estate businesses in Kaufman County, TX

How Kaufman County, TX compares with other counties and the U.S. for real estate businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 72 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #169 of 2,229 scored counties
#20 of 156 scored counties in Texas

Listings
100
11 chain locations (11%)
Official establishments
56
+27.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$813.9M
On rent and homeowner costs · $15,962 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
188
88% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
19.6
49% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
209,235
+42.2% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

For real estate businesses, Kaufman County has a Groundwork market score of 72 (upper middle): #169 of 2,229 scored counties and #20 of 156 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for real estate businesses.

At $15,962 per household (4% below the U.S. average), households in Kaufman County spend about $813.9M a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per office is 88% above the U.S. figure. The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money real estate businesses take in.

Kaufman County has 100 real estate businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 11 are chain locations, or 11%, against 6% across the U.S. That is 19.6 per 10,000 households, 49% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.

In 2023, official counts showed 56 businesses with payroll in Kaufman County classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors, up 27.3% from 2019. That is one for every 911 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $964K has gone to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Kaufman County. Population estimates show Kaufman County grew 42.2% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Kaufman County compares

The same measures for Texas and the whole U.S. Housing spending per listing divides all rent and homeowner costs by the listings counted: a measure of housing demand for each business, not money any of them take in, so it is shown against the U.S. (100) only. Households per establishment divides households by the official count.

Real estate in Kaufman County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureKaufman CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households19.637.138.5
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)18898100
Households per official establishment911473414
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+27.3%+23.6%+15.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+42.2%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$15,962$15,682$16,661
Median household income$89,485$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score7253

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
44 → 56+27.3% over the period
Employees, 2023
144
Annual payroll, 2023
$8.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
850Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
10011 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
188The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$964K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Kaufman County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.

Population and households in Kaufman County

Population, 2025 estimate
209,235+42.2% since 2020
Households
50,990
Median age
34.5
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
781 sq. mi.
People per square mile
221
Median household income
$89,485+27.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$106,230
Median home value
$320,900
Jobs located here
36,419
Daytime population
125,602Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Real estate across Texas

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Top counties in Texas

Counties in Texas ranked for real estate businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Liberty County, TX864113.1258+31.3%#4 of 2,229
2San Jacinto County, TX831110.1321+7.1%#11 of 2,229
3Chambers County, TX832916.8237+22.6%#12 of 2,229
4Burleson County, TX801215.2222+16.2%#29 of 2,229
5Rusk County, TX79126.7502+5.0%#35 of 2,229
6Jackson County, TX7958.3400+2.6%#40 of 2,229
7Jones County, TX7858.5378+6.1%#51 of 2,229
8Waller County, TX782614.2264+21.9%#57 of 2,229
9Clay County, TX77614.0252+5.0%#72 of 2,229
10Fannin County, TX762318.0192+9.2%#92 of 2,229
20Kaufman County, TX7210019.6188+42.2%#169 of 2,229

Other business types in Kaufman County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many real estate businesses are in Kaufman County, TX?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 100 real estate businesses in Kaufman County. 11 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 56 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023, up 27.3% from 2019. Another 850 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Kaufman County, TX spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $813.9M a year, or $15,962 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 100 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 88% above the U.S. figure. That figure is all rent and homeowner costs, used as a measure of housing demand; it is not money real estate businesses take in. It is estimated from the incomes of the 50,990 households in Kaufman County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Kaufman County, TX compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?

Kaufman County has 19.6 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 49% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 188, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Kaufman County would have about 188, against 100 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 911 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. The official count rose 27.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +15.8% for the U.S.

How fast is Kaufman County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Kaufman County at 209,235 people in 2025, up 42.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 50,990 households. Median household income in Kaufman County is $89,485, 11% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.6%, before inflation.

What is the Groundwork market score?

The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Kaufman County scores 72 for real estate businesses (upper middle), #169 of 2,229 scored counties.

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