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Buffalo, TX

1,652 Population
4.7 square miles 350.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.7 ±6.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Leon County: 44.6 ±0.9
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,835 ±$4,644 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Leon County: $33,192 ±$2,509
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$45,202 ±$16,145 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Leon County: $61,449 ±$5,115
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

18.4% ±9% (304  ±167) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Leon County: 16.4% † 2,654 (±3.3% / ±528)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.5 minutes ±5.8 (13,485  ±5,276) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Leon County: 29.3 170,120 (±2.7 / ±19,846)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

761 ±196 Number of households
  • Leon County: 6,741 ±334
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.8 (1,652  ±422) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Leon County: 2.4 16,184 (±0.1 / ±4)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

18% ±12.5% (69  ±52) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Leon County: 6.9% † 221 (±3.6% / ±116)
  • more than double the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

880 ±201 Number of housing units
  • Leon County: 9,067 ±19
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$73,500 ±$9,870 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Leon County: $186,400 ±$15,970
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738
  • about one-fifth of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.6% ±5.1% (138  ±88.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Leon County: 7% † 1,131 (±2.2% / ±354.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

83.7% ±29.8% (1,023  ±230.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Leon County: 87.4% 10,085 (±5.6% / ±659)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
8.4% ±4.3% (103  ±59.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Leon County: 18.6% † 2,141 (±2.9% / ±336.9)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)
  • about one-quarter of 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

13.4% ±6.9% (222  ±127) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Leon County: 7% 1,133
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.6% ±5.7% (110  ±78) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Leon County: 9.1% † 1,144 (±2% / ±253)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
110 Total veterans ±78 94 Male ±78 16 Female ±18

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