# Apartment Locator Kaufman TX | Free, Prices Checked Weekly > Apartment locator for Kaufman TX: few regular apartment complexes, mostly houses and duplexes. Oncor or co-op power by address, and well and septic outside town. Free to renters. URL: https://apartmentlocatordallas.com/neighborhoods/kaufman/ Serving Kaufman and surrounding areas # Kaufman Apartment Locator: A County Seat of Houses and Duplexes Kaufman is a small county seat on US-175 and SH-34, south of Terrell, where complexes are few and individual owners lease most of the houses and duplexes. Power comes from Oncor or a co-op depending on the address, wells and septic are standard outside the city core, and the drive to Downtown Dallas runs about 35 miles up US-175. Get My List [/get-my-list/ →](/get-my-list/) Call (945) 800-3851 [tel:+19458003851 →](tel:+19458003851) Areas covered 6 We reply Mon to Fri, 9:00am to 6:00pm Cost to you $0 Credit pull None - Costs you nothing Your list and our help are free - No credit pull We never touch your screening report - We reply during our hours Mon to Fri, 9:00am to 6:00pm. Your budget and move date are all we need. - TREC #562021 Spirit Real Estate Group The gap ## Kaufman apartments by size this week We checked 0 places in and near Kaufman on November 6, 2026. Prices count any firm free rent, spread over the lease, and are before fees. ## Kaufman rents this week We check these numbers every week. Updated November 6, 2026. Where a place has a firm move-in special, its rent counts the free rent spread evenly over the lease. Rents are before fees. 0 communities in and within 7.5 miles of Kaufman had homes available; 0 listed a move-in special. Method: https://apartmentlocatordallas.com/rent-data-methodology/ Rents are the lowest listed price for an available apartment of each size in our weekly check. We leave out income restricted, tax credit, 55+ and student communities. Prices can change any day, so get the final price in writing from the building before you apply. ## Areas we cover inside Kaufman - **Historic Downtown Kaufman**: A few blocks of brick buildings ring the county courthouse downtown, where SH-34 and SH-243 split. Older frame houses and a few small apartment buildings fill the surrounding streets. - **Courthouse Square**: The Kaufman County Courthouse sits on the square at Grove and Washington streets, and county offices, law offices and small shops ring it. On weekdays the parking fills up with people on court and county business. - **Kaufman City Lake Park**: Kaufman's big park is City Lake Park, roughly 230 acres off SH-34 on the northeast side of town. It has a disc golf course and fishing on the city lakes. Homes nearby are mostly houses, with some newer subdivisions on the north side. - **US-175 Corridor**: US-175 bypasses downtown Kaufman to the south and west, carrying traffic northwest to Crandall, Seagoville and Dallas, and southeast toward Athens. The county justice center, chain stores and fast food line the bypass. - **North Kaufman**: North Kaufman follows SH-34 toward Terrell and I-20, which is about 15 minutes away. Newer subdivisions sit between older homes on larger lots, and the city lake park is on this side. - **South Kaufman**: South of the square, older neighborhoods give way to county roads and pasture, with US-175 curving around the edge. Most rentals here are houses, along with a few duplexes. ## Kaufman Apartment Locator Help With Wells, Power and Owner Leases - A straight answer pointing you to Forney or Terrell when you need an apartment complex - The power company, well and septic to ask the owner about before you pay a deposit - Owners who have looked at a complicated credit file, kept in our notes ## US-175 to Dallas, co-op power and wells US-175 runs northwest about 35 miles to Downtown Dallas through Crandall and Seagoville. The drive takes about 38 minutes with no traffic by our drive times, and about 47 at 8am. SH-34 heads north to Terrell and southwest to Ennis. Transit? Only STAR Transit rides booked ahead. Power around Kaufman depends on the address. Some homes are on Oncor, where you can shop for a plan, and others are on Trinity Valley Electric Cooperative, with no plan to pick. Outside the city core, many homes use wells and septic, so ask what the lease says about upkeep. ## Houses from owners, and where to look next Apartment complexes with a leasing office and written rules are rare in Kaufman. Most rentals are houses and duplexes listed by their owners. Owners decide case by case, so they may approve a complicated history a big company would turn down. The catch is supply: there isn't much to rent. For more choice, Forney has newer garden communities along US-80 and rental home neighborhoods, and Terrell has older garden complexes with looser screening. ## Daily life in Kaufman Kaufman is the Kaufman County seat, a small town built around its courthouse square. Life is quiet, with a big lake park on the northeast side and a few hometown events each year. ### Kaufman to Dallas and back By our count, it's about 47 minutes to Downtown Dallas at 8am, 57 to the Medical District and about 70 to DFW Airport or Legacy West. Weekday mornings are the slow ones, so a court or county job in town makes for an easy commute. SH-34 is the way north to Terrell and I-20. - **Kaufman County Courthouse** (landmark): The center of town; walk the square on a weekday for lunch or county errands, and park a block off. ### City Lake Park Kaufman City Lake Park, about 232 acres, sits off SH-34 northeast of the square. Its 9 hole disc golf course is free and takes about an hour to play over a mile or so. The park has fishing on the city lakes and room to walk. - **Kaufman City Lake Park** (park): Play the free 9 hole disc golf course on a cool evening, or fish the city lakes on a weekend morning. ### Hometown events Harvest Fest is the free fall day on the historic square, with a morning parade, vendors and a scarecrow contest. On July 4, Red, White and Boom starts with a 9am parade and ends with fireworks. In May, Cars for CASA, a car show that has run for about 20 years, raises money for Lone Star CASA. - **Kaufman Harvest Fest** (festival): Come downtown in the fall for the scarecrows and vendors on the square; it's free and easy to walk. ## Kaufman questions Does Kaufman have apartment complexes? Only a few. Owners lease out most of the town's houses and duplexes. Forney, northwest on US-80, has the closest real choice of apartments. Is Kaufman on co-op electric? Some addresses are. Trinity Valley Electric Cooperative serves part of the area, with no plan to shop, and other addresses are on Oncor. A recent bill for the home shows which. Will a Kaufman rental use a well? Outside the city core, often. Ask which system the home uses and who pays for upkeep and pumping, and get it in writing. How long is the US-175 drive from Kaufman? About 35 miles to Downtown Dallas. By our drive times it takes about 38 minutes with no traffic and about 47 at 8am. Drive it once at your real hour before you sign. Where are the nearest apartments to Kaufman? Forney, with newer garden communities and rental home neighborhoods, and Terrell, with older garden complexes at lower rents and looser screening. In Forney, one bedrooms run about $1,264 as of this week. Will a Kaufman owner work with a credit problem? Often, usually for a bigger deposit, since owners decide case by case. The catch is how little there is to rent. Is my address in Kaufman ISD? Kaufman ISD serves the city. Confirm the exact street if schools matter. Is there an apartment locator near Kaufman? Yes. In Kaufman we follow the owners leasing houses and duplexes and send the ones that fit. Ask each owner about the power company and the well. When the town comes up short, we send Forney and Terrell options too. ## Near Kaufman Forney lies northwest on US-80, Terrell is north up SH-34, and Royse City sits farther north off I-30. ### Forney Devonshire · Gateway · Downtown Forney [Forney →](/neighborhoods/forney/) ### Terrell Historic Downtown Terrell · I-20 Corridor · US-80 Corridor [Terrell →](/neighborhoods/terrell/) ### Royse City Historic Downtown Royse City · I-30 Corridor · Original Town Core [Royse City →](/neighborhoods/royse-city/) ## Looking in Kaufman? Give us a move date and say if a house is fine. We'll send the Kaufman rentals that fit, with the power and water questions to ask. [weekly rent numbers](/dallas-rent-report/) · [renting after credit trouble](/bad-credit-accepted/) · [power, wells and monthly cost](/true-monthly-cost/) [Get my list →](/get-my-list/) Free to renters · No credit pull · Brokered by Spirit Real Estate Group, TREC #562021