Kaufman County vs Midland County

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

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

Midland County has the higher population (171,496 vs 160,718 in Kaufman County). Midland County has the higher median household income ($93,984 vs $88,606 in Kaufman County). Midland County has the higher median home value ($293,000 vs $290,800 in Kaufman County).

Population, income & housing

	Kaufman County	Midland County
Population	160,718	171,496
Median age	34.2 yrs	32.6 yrs
Median household income	$88,606	$93,984
Median home value	$290,800	$293,000
Median gross rent	$1,408	$1,383
Housing units	52,744	71,565
Homeownership rate	78.6%	68.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.3%	30.9%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kaufman County	Midland County
Population	123,804 → 160,718 (+29.8%)	168,167 → 171,496 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$70,107 → $88,606 (+26.4%)	$79,421 → $93,984 (+18.3%)
Median home value	$178,300 → $290,800 (+63.1%)	$213,100 → $293,000 (+37.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,044 → $1,408 (+34.9%)	$1,274 → $1,383 (+8.6%)

Kaufman County

Population

123,804160,718

Median household income

$70,107$88,606

Median home value

$178,300$290,800

Median gross rent

$1,044$1,408

Midland County

Population

168,167171,496

Median household income

$79,421$93,984

Median home value

$213,100$293,000

Median gross rent

$1,274$1,383

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kaufman County	Midland County
Under 5	7.3%	8.4%
5 to 17	21.3%	20.6%
18 to 24	8.3%	8.3%
25 to 34	14.3%	16.9%
35 to 44	15.1%	15.3%
45 to 54	12.1%	10.1%
55 to 64	10.7%	9.7%
65 to 74	7.0%	6.5%
75 and over	3.9%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kaufman County	Midland County
White (non-Hispanic)	52.0%	44.0%
Black or African American	16.7%	6.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	1.7%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.9%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	26.4%	44.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kaufman County	Midland County
No high school diploma	13.7%	13.8%
High school graduate	29.0%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	21.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kaufman County	Midland County
Drove alone	77.4%	79.7%
Carpooled	9.1%	12.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.3%
Walked	1.3%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	11.5%	5.4%
Other means	0.6%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kaufman County	Midland County
1-unit, detached	78.0%	62.5%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	11.6%
20 or more units	3.3%	8.8%
Mobile home & other	11.7%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Kaufman County	Midland County
Poverty rate	9.7%	10.6%
Average household size	3.20	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	35	22
Median year structure built	2004	1989