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Buffalo township, Buchanan County, IA

458 Population
36.5 square miles 12.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.6 ±4.7 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Buchanan County: 39.9 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$31,805 ±$4,943 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Buchanan County: $37,392 ±$2,124
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$78,500 ±$26,341 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Buchanan County: $78,430 ±$4,902
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

9.4% ±4.7% (43  ±24) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Buchanan County: 7% † 1,439 (±1.2% / ±245)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

28.6 minutes ±4.2 (5,030  ±1,804) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Buchanan County: 23.1 221,955 (±1.2 / ±14,237)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

186 ±37 Number of households
  • Buchanan County: 8,150 ±207
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.5 ±0.3 (458  ±109) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Buchanan County: 2.5 20,456 (±0.1 / ±30)
  • a little higher than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

3.3% ±2.9% (3  ±3) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Buchanan County: 8.3% † 347 (±2.1% / ±87)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

204 ±40 Number of housing units
  • Buchanan County: 8,946 ±67
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$126,700 ±$35,711 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Buchanan County: $171,400 ±$5,180
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

3.5% ±3.6% (16  ±16.9) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Buchanan County: 11.5% † 2,349 (±1.9% / ±389.6)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

96% ±6.9% (287  ±63) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Buchanan County: 94.6% 13,127 (±3.9% / ±537.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
23.8% ±10.1% (71  ±33.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Buchanan County: 22.3% 3,096 (±1.9% / ±267.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Iowa: 30.9% 660,619 (±0.3% / ±6,087.5)

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

2% ±3% (9  ±14) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Buchanan County: 1.6% 332
  • about one-third of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

11.6% ±6.4% (37  ±22) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Buchanan County: 6.9% † 1,055 (±1% / ±154)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
37 Total veterans ±22 37 Male ±22 N/A Female ±10

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