Town · Kaufman County, Texas

Mabank, Texas

Mabank is a town in Kaufman County, Texas, part of the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area. It has 5,187 residents. Mabank, Texas has a quality-of-life score of 12 out of 100 (very low), ranking #13,804 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Texas it ranks #685 of 1,016 cities and towns. It ranks best on job growth (high), primary care shortage (low) and child care cost burden (low). It ranks worst on grocery stores (low), restaurants and bars (low) and primary care physicians (low).

12Very low

Quality-of-life score: #13,804 of 15,651 cities and towns
Texas: #685 of 1,016 in TX
Population: 5,187 (2020-2024)
Land area: 9 mi²
Density: 594.1 /mi²
FIPS code: 4845324

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 74 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety43#8,907/15,637
Economy66#5,378/15,631
Housing24#11,383/14,977
Health26#11,485/15,609
Healthcare16#13,162/15,650
Environment30#10,776/15,453
Education27#11,361/15,649
Infrastructure10#14,010/15,650
Community9#14,225/15,651
Leisure & amenities1#15,460/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Mabank, Texas ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Kaufman County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Job growth · high5.8%
99/100Texas 0.6%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataKaufman County value
Primary care shortage · low0.0
90/100Texas 5.5United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationKaufman County value
Child care cost burden · low21.9%
89/100Texas 24.5%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteKaufman County value
New homes permitted · high9.4 /1k
87/100Texas 6.3 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Dental care shortage · low0.0
84/100Texas 5.8United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationKaufman County value
Unemployment rate · low1.9%
83/100Texas 4.2%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025High uncertainty

Weaknesses

Grocery stores · low0.5 /10k
1/100Texas 1.1 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsKaufman County value
Restaurants and bars · low3.4 /10k
3/100Texas 7.8 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsKaufman County value
Primary care physicians · low22 /100k
6/100Texas 61 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteKaufman County value
Arts, entertainment and recreation · low1.6 /10k
7/100Texas 3.4 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsKaufman County value
Public libraries · low0.2 /10k
7/100Texas 0.3 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesKaufman County value
Social associations · low5.8 /10k
10/100Texas 7.3 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteKaufman County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
3,379 (2015-2019) → 5,187 (2020-2024)
+54%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateImproving
29.7% (2015-2019) → 3.7% (2020-2024)
−26 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.5× (2015-2019) → 4.6× (2020-2024)
+87%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
New homes permittedWorsening
63.7 /1k (2021) → 9.4 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−85%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Poverty rateImproving
21.3% (2015-2019) → 5.0% (2020-2024)
−16 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Unemployment rateImproving
12.0% (2015-2019) → 1.9% (2020-2024)
−10 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Mabank, Texas improved on 1 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 11 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved1

Poverty−16 points21.3% → 5.0%

Declined1

Price / income+2.2×2.5× → 4.6×

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Mabank, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	23.4 min2015-2019	25.7 min2020-2024	+2.3 min	Within the margin of error	24%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%2015-2019	22.1%2020-2024	+9.3 points	Within the margin of error	88%
Broadband subscriptions	76.4%2015-2019	84.1%2020-2024	+7.7 points	Within the margin of error	48%
Effective property tax rate	2.00%2015-2019	1.26%2020-2024	−0.7 points	Within the margin of error	97%
High school diploma or higher	86.0%2015-2019	91.4%2020-2024	+5.4 points	Within the margin of error	84%
Home price to income ratio	2.5×2015-2019	4.6×2020-2024	+2.2×	Declined	3%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5512015-2019	0.4392020-2024	−0.112	Within the margin of error	97%
Median household income	$43,6252015-2019	$54,8892020-2024	+26%	Within the margin of error	46%
Poverty rate	21.3%2015-2019	5.0%2020-2024	−16 points	Improved	98%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	35.5%2015-2019	35.0%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	59%
Rent-burdened households	70.5%2015-2019	67.8%2020-2024	−2.7 points	Within the margin of error	65%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	21.4%2015-2019	12.9%2020-2024	−8.5 points	Within the margin of error	95%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Mabank, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Mabank, Texas in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Mabank, Texas itself moved +3.3 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

5,187 residents (±415)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

1,864 households (±312)

Mabank, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k23%†435
$25k–50k17%†316
$50k–75k25%

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

1,864 households (±312)

Mabank, Texas
Texas share

Own44%817
Rent56%1,047

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

2,653 workers (±413)

Mabank, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone76%2,025
Carpool14%†360
Public transit0.0%0

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Kaufman County, the county holding most of Mabank's residents.

Kaufman County has 2,500 employer establishments, 134 for every 10,000 residents (0.54× the US rate of 248; 0.61× Texas's), with 34,851 paid employees at an average annual pay of $46,288. The Census Bureau also counts 22,580 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 2,500; 22,580 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 134; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 34,851
Average annual pay: $46,288; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Kaufman County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	292	15.6	1.01×About typical	2,452	$62,067	2,171
Restaurants and other eating places	205	11	0.60×Fewer than typical	4,293	$21,054	118
Ambulatory health care services	154	8.3	0.40×Fewer than typical	1,717	$42,341	829
Building equipment contractors	133	7.1	1.18×About typical	1,275	$66,951	586
Limited-service restaurants	111	5.9	0.74×Fewer than typical	2,719	$19,992	35
Truck transportation	94	5	1.00×About typical	1,440	$61,690	1,232
Lessors of real estate	91	4.9	0.40×Fewer than typical	238	$47,500	1,068
Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors	89	4.8	1.44×More than typical	670	$66,806	340
Construction of buildings	85	4.6	0.60×Fewer than typical	269	$59,729	870
Automotive repair and maintenance	84	4.5	0.89×About typical	464	$53,662	436
Religious organizations	83	4.4	0.80×About typical	692	$22,163	—
Services to buildings and dwellings	82	4.4	0.65×Fewer than typical	331	$38,849	1,522

Rank places for an industry Open Kaufman County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 186,658 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Mabank is mostly in Kaufman County.

See federal money in Kaufman County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Mabank, Texas is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Lance GoodenR-TX-5 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 0.9%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX52

Other cities and towns in Kaufman County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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