Kosse, Texas

2026 Edition · 10 cards · data as of Oct 30, 2026

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  1. Population

    Growing. Up 1.3% since 2020.

    462

    people, the 1006th-largest of Texas's cities and towns.

    Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among Texas's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates

  2. The workday

    Nearly every job here goes to someone who lives somewhere else.

    99.0%

    of 100 jobs located in Kosse are filled by in-commuters.

    Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES

  3. Rent

    Median rent is up 150% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

    $1,188

    a month. Texas's median is $1,403.

    Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

  4. The seam

    Cross one tract line and median rent jumps $362.

    A $362 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Limestone County.

    • $724 Tract 9703
    • $1,086 Tract 9702

    Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

  5. Room to build

    The median rent sits inside what local wages can carry.

    $1,138–$1,707

    is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.

    • $1,188 median

    Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2023 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year

  6. Building

    Most of the housing here is older than 2000.

    • 94% of all homes were built before 2000

    Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

  7. Units needed

    Closing the gap would add 0–0.5% to the 214 homes here.

    0–1

    is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.

    Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac

  8. Home value

    A median home costs 62% less than Texas's.

    $108,500

    median home value in Kosse.

    • $108,500 Kosse
    • $283,800 Texas
    • $332,700 U.S.

    Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

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