County profile
Kaufman County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#589 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 79% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$7.0B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+8.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
34,851
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
2,500
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$53.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
209,235
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.0%
Median HH income
$89.5k±$5.5k
Bachelor's degree+
26.5%±1.5%
Poverty rate
9.7%±1.4%
Business applications
3,652 · 2025
Retail establishments
338
17.1/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.
HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Transportation21%
Retail trade20%
Food & accommodation17%
Manufacturing16%
Health care15%
Construction10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
209,235
residents · 2025 · +42.2% since 2020
Income per capita $53.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+53,458
International migration+1,654
Natural change+6,738
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$4.1B2019
$4.3B2020
$5.0B2021
$5.8B2022
$6.4B2023
$7.0B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$320.9k±$6.4k
Median gross rent
$1.6k/mo±$97/mo
Vacancy rate
5.8%±1.0%
Affordability
6.0× wages
Residential permits
$275.6M
1,069 units · 5.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
76.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.9k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 94Heat wave 93Tornado 85
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2082016
2322017
2512018
2632019
2722020
3122021
3832022
3952023
4012024
4062025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -33% since 20211,5892021
1,3532022
1,1202023
1,7452024
1,0692025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
11.2 km
I-20
Nearest freight rail
13.6 km
UP
Nearest port
251.1 km
RED RIVER TERMINALS CADDO/BOSSIER PORT COMMISSION
Nearest commercial airport
59.4 km
DALLAS LOVE FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$53.8k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Kaufman?
Kaufman's economy produced $7.0B in 2024, growing 8.5% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is transportation.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.