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Buffalo, KS

282 Population
0.3 square miles 887.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.8 ±18.5 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Wilson County: 42.7 ±1.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$22,012 ±$8,136 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Wilson County: $33,560 ±$3,090
  • about half the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$68,750 ±$36,373 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wilson County: $60,677 † ±$6,601
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.2% ±8.1% (23  ±16) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Wilson County: 15.5% † 1,296 (±2.8% / ±233)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.7 minutes ±5.5 (2,415  ±1,681) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Wilson County: 20.3 75,260 (±1.9 / ±8,084)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

108 ±44 Number of households
  • Wilson County: 3,517 ±197
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±1.5 (282  ±200) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wilson County: 2.4 8,329 (±0.1 / ±7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

157 ±44 Number of housing units
  • Wilson County: 4,493 ±29
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$36,000 ±$7,308 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Wilson County: $93,500 ±$6,580
  • about one-fifth of the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • about 10 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

2.5% ±5.8% (7  ±17.2) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Wilson County: 7.5% † 632 (±2.5% / ±213.7)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.9% ±66% (167  ±70.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Wilson County: 90.3% 5,345 (±5.8% / ±346.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
18.2% ±23.4% (32  ±44.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wilson County: 19.9% † 1,177 (±3% / ±179.2)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

4.6% ±5.1% (13  ±17) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Wilson County: 1.9% 157
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.4% ±2.1% (6  ±5) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Wilson County: 7.9% † 511 (±1.3% / ±84)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
6 Total veterans ±5 4 Male ±4 2 Female ±5

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