Krum, Texas
2026 Edition · 10 cards · data as of Oct 30, 2026
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Population
Growing. Up 21.7% since 2020.
6,808
people, the 329th-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
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The workday
9 in 10 jobs here go to people who live somewhere else.
93.3%
of 661 jobs located in Krum are filled by in-commuters.
Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES
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Rent
Median rent is up 75% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.
$1,974
a month. Texas's median is $1,403.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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The seam
Cross one tract line and median rent doubles.
A $2,071 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Denton County.
- $1,430 Tract 216.44
- $3,501 Tract 216.52
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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Room to build
The median rent is above what local wages can carry.
$973–$1,459
is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.
- $1,974 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
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Building
31% of the housing here was built before 2000.
- 647 homes permitted in ten years, 2016–2025
- 2% of those were in multifamily buildings
- 31% of all homes were built before 2000
Census Building Permits Survey, 2016–2025; Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census Building Permits Survey, Census ACS 5-year
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Units needed
Closing the gap would add 0.3% to the 2,035 homes here.
7
is the estimated number of missing housing units; all three estimates agree.
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
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Home value
A median home costs 19% more than Texas's.
$336,500
median home value in Krum.
- $336,500 Krum
- $283,800 Texas
- $332,700 U.S.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census ACS 5-year