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Buffalo, KS

290 Population
0.3 square miles 912.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.2 ±7.5 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Wilson County: 42.3 ±0.9
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$19,259 ±$5,888 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Wilson County: $32,771 ±$2,443
  • about half the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$68,750 ±$33,202 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Wilson County: $57,056 † ±$7,292
  • a little less than the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

5.2% ±3.6% (15  ±15) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Wilson County: 15.8% † 1,331 (±2.5% / ±209)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

22.2 minutes ±5.2 (2,665  ±1,878) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Wilson County: 19.1 † 70,110 (±2.2 / ±8,783)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

94 ±41 Number of households
  • Wilson County: 3,515 ±151
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
3.1 ±1.8 (290  ±210) Persons per household
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Wilson County: 2.4 8,390 (±0.1 / ±7)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

131 ±43 Number of housing units
  • Wilson County: 4,492 ±29
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$35,800 ±$11,188 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Wilson County: $93,900 ±$9,259
  • about one-fifth of the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

2.4% ±5.9% (7  ±17.9) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Wilson County: 8.6% † 725 (±2.4% / ±206.1)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

92.5% ±70.7% (160  ±71.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wilson County: 91.6% 5,444 (±5.5% / ±325.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
18.5% ±22.7% (32  ±44) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wilson County: 21.3% † 1,263 (±3% / ±179.2)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 35.2% 679,664 (±0.3% / ±5,586.1)

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

3.1% ±3.5% (9  ±12) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in Wilson County: 1.6% 136
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197

2.8% ±1.4% (5  ±4) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in Wilson County: 7.9% † 515 (±1.5% / ±95)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
5 Total veterans ±4 4 Male ±4 1 Female ±2

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