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Buffalo, SD

278 Population
0.6 square miles 502.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

57.2 ±6.6 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Harding County: 46.3 † ±5
  • about 1.5 times the figure in South Dakota: 38 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$58,004 ±$13,399 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Harding County: $45,756 † ±$6,328
  • about 1.4 times the amount in South Dakota: $40,550 ±$520
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$85,104 ±$10,203 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Harding County: $80,441 † ±$9,875
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in South Dakota: $75,081 ±$888
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6.8% ±5.5% (19  ±16) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Harding County: 6.3% † 72 (±3% / ±35)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Dakota: 11.9% 104,798 (±0.4% / ±3,713)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

10.3 minutes ±1.5 (1,775  ±593) Mean travel time to work
  • about half the figure in Harding County: 18.7 † 10,665 (±3.2 / ±2,452)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in South Dakota: 17.8 7,339,145 (±0.2 / ±101,823)
  • about two-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

161 ±43 Number of households
  • Harding County: 498 † ±62
  • South Dakota: 365,544 ±1,728
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.7 ±0.6 (278  ±69) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Harding County: 2.2 † 1,108 (±0.4 / ±133)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in South Dakota: 2.4 875,241
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.2% ±6.2% (1  ±2) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Harding County: 5.1% † 10 (±3.9% / ±8)
  • about half the rate in South Dakota: 6.5% 12,675 (±0.4% / ±796)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

234 ±46 Number of housing units
  • Harding County: 688 ±63
  • South Dakota: 408,584 ±422
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$114,100 ±$44,431 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Harding County: $166,100 † ±$28,878
  • about two-fifths of the amount in South Dakota: $257,400 ±$3,051
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.4% ±8.7% (15  ±24.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Harding County: 4.2% † 48 (±2.6% / ±29.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in South Dakota: 13% 116,449 (±0.4% / ±3,890.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.8% ±33.3% (225  ±55.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Harding County: 93.8% 765 (±5.6% / ±97.7)
  • about the same as the rate in South Dakota: 93.2% 562,448 (±0.9% / ±5,163.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
15.8% ±10.2% (38  ±26.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Harding County: 30.4% † 248 (±6.4% / ±59.1)
  • about half the rate in South Dakota: 31.9% 192,610 (±0.5% / ±3,182.5)
  • about two-fifths 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

1.1% ±1.4% (3  ±4) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Harding County: 1% † 11 (±0.8% / ±9)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in South Dakota: 4% 35,988
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.5% ±5% (16  ±13) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Harding County: 9.8% † 86 (±4.5% / ±41)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Dakota: 7.9% 53,890 (±0.3% / ±1,825)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
16 Total veterans ±13 15 Male ±13 1 Female ±2

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