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Buffalo, SD

282 Population
0.6 square miles 509.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

54.6 ±4.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Harding County: 48.9 † ±5.1
  • about 1.5 times the figure in South Dakota: 37.7 ±0.1

Economics

$52,782 ±$10,615 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Harding County: $48,974 † ±$7,239
  • about 1.4 times the amount in South Dakota: $38,880 ±$398
$81,607 ±$16,142 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Harding County: $74,766 † ±$10,221
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in South Dakota: $72,421 ±$805

6% ±5.6% (17  ±16) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Harding County: 5.6% † 60 (±3% / ±33)
  • about half the rate in South Dakota: 12% 104,511 (±0.4% / ±3,107)

8 minutes ±1.5 (1,370  ±468) Mean travel time to work
  • about half the figure in Harding County: 17 † 8,715 (±4.7 / ±1,700)
  • about half the figure in South Dakota: 17.6 7,240,810 (±0.2 / ±98,307)

Families

161 ±41 Number of households
  • Harding County: 493 † ±63
  • South Dakota: 358,552 ±1,643
1.8 ±0.6 (282  ±56) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Harding County: 2.1 † 1,049 (±0.4 / ±116)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in South Dakota: 2.4 867,014

6.9% ±9.9% (2  ±3) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Harding County: 2.7% † 4 (±2.6% / ±4)
  • a little higher than the rate in South Dakota: 6.5% 12,608 (±0.4% / ±775)

Housing

230 ±48 Number of housing units
  • Harding County: 702 ±67
  • South Dakota: 402,364 ±200

$112,500 ±$29,863 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Harding County: $156,400 † ±$30,245
  • about half the amount in South Dakota: $236,800 ±$1,986

7.5% ±8.2% (21  ±23.2) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in Harding County: 4.2% † 45 (±2.9% / ±31.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Dakota: 13.5% 119,641 (±0.4% / ±3,647.5)

Social

93.5% ±8.8% (215  ±50) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Harding County: 94.5% 772 (±5.2% / ±93.4)
  • about the same as the rate in South Dakota: 93% 554,494 (±0.8% / ±4,864.6)
20.4% ±10.1% (47  ±25.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Harding County: 30.4% † 248 (±6.5% / ±59.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Dakota: 31.1% 185,411 (±0.5% / ±2,814.7)

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

1.4% ±1.4% (4  ±4) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Harding County: 1.7% † 18 (±1.1% / ±12)
  • about one-third of the rate in South Dakota: 3.9% 35,218

7.5% ±4.3% (18  ±11) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Harding County: 9.5% † 81 (±4.5% / ±39)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Dakota: 8.1% 54,527 (±0.2% / ±1,452)
18 Total veterans ±11 17 Male ±11 1 Female ±2

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