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Raw data sources: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Housing Finance Agency.
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With 8,388 people, 2,288 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $231,373, house prices in Kaufman are solidly below the national average.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Kaufman, accounting for 75.76% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Kaufman include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 11.12%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 9.78%), and a few mobile homes or trailers ( 3.35%).
The most prevalent building size and type in Kaufman are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The city has a mixture of owners and renters, with 37.93% owning and 62.07% renting.
There is a lot of housing in Kaufman built from 1970 to 1999 so parts of town may have that "Brady Bunch" look of homes popular in the '70s and early '80s, although some of these houses were built up through the early '90s as well. There is also a lot of housing in Kaufman built between 1940-1969 ( 27.36%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 2000 and later ( 12.18%). There's also some housing in Kaufman built before 1939 ( 6.42%).
In the last 10 years, Kaufman has experienced some of the highest home appreciation rates of any community in the nation. Kaufman real estate appreciated 136.56% over the last ten years, which is an average annual home appreciation rate of 8.99%, putting Kaufman in the top 10% nationally for real estate appreciation. If you are a home buyer or real estate investor, Kaufman definitely has a track record of being one of the best long term real estate investments in America through the last ten years.
Over the last year, Kaufman appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Kaufman's appreciation rate has been 2.71%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Kaufman were at 1.89%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 7.76%.
Relative to Texas, our data show that Kaufman's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 70% of the other cities and towns in Texas.
One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the city. Individual neighborhoods within Kaufman differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Kaufman - or in any city or town - that have the best track record of real estate appreciation, by the latest quarter, the last year, 2 years, 5 years, 10 years, or even since 2000, to assist you in making the best Kaufman real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
$231,373
for Texas
for nation
2,288
$1,846 / per month