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Buffalo, SC

1,232 Population
4 square miles 306.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

28 ±12.1 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: 38.3 ±0.2
  • about two-thirds of the figure in South Carolina: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$15,054 ±$6,790 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: $32,932 ±$772
  • about two-fifths of the amount in South Carolina: $37,993 ±$303
$21,831 ±$14,093 Median household income
  • about one-third of the amount in the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: $62,440 ±$1,377
  • about one-third of the amount in South Carolina: $66,818 ±$504

43.6% ±25.2% (537  ±337) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: 15.1% 53,919 (±0.8% / ±2,946)
  • more than double the rate in South Carolina: 14.2% 719,720 (±0.3% / ±14,294)

24.8 minutes ±10.3 (8,795  ±4,913) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: 24.8 3,822,980 (±0.4 / ±83,533)
  • a little less than the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 54,950,328 (±0.1 / ±402,424)

Families

456 ±148 Number of households
  • the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: 140,344 ±1,020
  • South Carolina: 2,070,390 ±5,976
2.7 ±1.1 (1,232  ±300) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: 2.5 356,616 (±0 / ±89)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 5,074,803

15% ±12.4% (40  ±36) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: 5.3% † 4,497 (±0.7% / ±569)
  • more than double the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 63,936 (±0.2% / ±2,298)

Housing

550 ±172 Number of housing units
  • the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: 154,594 ±73
  • South Carolina: 2,401,638 ±448

$44,400 ±$3,162 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-fifth of the amount in the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: $207,900 ±$3,554
  • about one-fifth of the amount in South Carolina: $236,700 ±$1,344

1.9% ±3.9% (23  ±47.6) Moved since previous year
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: 12.8% 46,238 (±0.9% / ±3,172.9)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in South Carolina: 13.1% 675,719 (±0.2% / ±11,203.9)

Social

80.9% ±16.8% (579  ±207.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: 87.3% 216,721 (±1.5% / ±3,733.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 89.6% 3,234,677 (±0.4% / ±15,380.7)
5% ±8.3% (36  ±60.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: 24.8% 61,521 (±0.9% / ±2,121.4)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in South Carolina: 31.5% 1,136,208 (±0.3% / ±9,349.9)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

25.5% ±18.1% (186  ±144) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: 6.8% 18,903 (±0.4% / ±1,070)
  • more than double the rate in South Carolina: 8.5% 344,530 (±0.1% / ±4,290)
186 Total veterans ±144 186 Male ±144 N/A Female ±14

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