Heartland vs Kaufman

A side-by-side comparison of Heartland and Kaufman: population, income, housing, and more.

Heartland and Kaufman are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Heartland has the higher population (11,019 vs 8,010 in Kaufman). Heartland has the higher median household income ($107,165 vs $58,269 in Kaufman). Heartland has the higher median home value ($305,000 vs $195,900 in Kaufman).

Population, income & housing

	Heartland	Kaufman
Population	11,019	8,010
Median age	30.4 yrs	32.7 yrs
Median household income	$107,165	$58,269
Median home value	$305,000	$195,900
Median gross rent	$2,313	$1,319
Housing units	3,087	2,703
Homeownership rate	92.7%	44.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.9%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Heartland	Kaufman
Population	5,500 → 11,019 (+100.3%)	7,330 → 8,010 (+9.3%)
Median household income	$69,622 → $107,165 (+53.9%)	$46,793 → $58,269 (+24.5%)
Median home value	$197,800 → $305,000 (+54.2%)	$93,900 → $195,900 (+108.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,899 → $2,313 (+21.8%)	$946 → $1,319 (+39.4%)

Heartland

Population

5,50011,019

Median household income

$69,622$107,165

Median home value

$197,800$305,000

Median gross rent

$1,899$2,313

Kaufman

Population

7,3308,010

Median household income

$46,793$58,269

Median home value

$93,900$195,900

Median gross rent

$946$1,319

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Heartland	Kaufman
Under 5	9.8%	6.3%
5 to 17	23.6%	22.8%
18 to 24	6.8%	8.7%
25 to 34	21.3%	16.3%
35 to 44	20.2%	17.0%
45 to 54	8.6%	8.2%
55 to 64	5.7%	8.9%
65 to 74	2.7%	7.4%
75 and over	1.2%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Heartland	Kaufman
White (non-Hispanic)	24.9%	52.8%
Black or African American	40.3%	11.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	31.7%	33.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Heartland	Kaufman
No high school diploma	12.6%	24.8%
High school graduate	22.1%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	21.5%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Heartland	Kaufman
Drove alone	76.5%	81.3%
Carpooled	7.7%	10.0%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.7%	4.7%
Other means	0.3%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Heartland	Kaufman
1-unit, detached	97.7%	72.8%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Heartland	Kaufman
Poverty rate	6.0%	15.0%
Average household size	3.68	3.12
Mean commute (minutes)	38	32
Median year structure built	2016	1977