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Buffalo, IA

1,090 Population
6.8 square miles 161 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.3 ±10.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Metro Area: 40.2 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$33,527 ±$6,343 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Metro Area: $39,357 ±$652
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$74,773 ±$15,880 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Metro Area: $71,925 ±$1,176
  • about the same as the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

16.3% ±8.6% (178  ±101) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Metro Area: 12.4% 46,175 (±0.7% / ±2,603)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

29.8 minutes ±9.2 (16,190  ±6,443) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Metro Area: 20.6 3,411,505 (±0.4 / ±69,229)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

474 ±105 Number of households
  • the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Metro Area: 160,541 ±941
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.3 ±0.7 (1,084  ±235) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Metro Area: 2.3 372,658 (±0 / ±214)
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

4.4% ±7.3% (10  ±17) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Metro Area: 5.2% † 4,360 (±0.6% / ±517)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

523 ±110 Number of housing units
  • the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Metro Area: 174,359 ±147
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$120,400 ±$21,946 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Metro Area: $170,000 ±$2,447
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

10.6% ±9.5% (114  ±105.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Metro Area: 12.1% 45,736 (±0.7% / ±2,674.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

88.3% ±7.2% (661  ±141.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Metro Area: 92.4% 243,033 (±1.2% / ±3,171.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
12.3% ±5.1% (92  ±42) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Metro Area: 29.4% 77,293 (±0.7% / ±1,759)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 30.9% 660,619 (±0.3% / ±6,087.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.1% ±1.4% (12  ±15) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Metro Area: 5.4% 20,489
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

10.1% ±4.3% (80  ±37) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Metro Area: 7.5% 22,196 (±0.3% / ±921)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
80 Total veterans ±37 73 Male ±35 7 Female ±8

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