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Buffalo, WY

4,516 Population
4.5 square miles 994.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.4 ±4.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Johnson County: 47 ±1.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Wyoming: 38.8 ±0.2

Economics

$36,761 ±$4,744 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Johnson County: $39,367 † ±$4,249
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wyoming: $41,006 ±$752
$61,813 ±$4,230 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Johnson County: $63,905 ±$3,471
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wyoming: $74,815 ±$1,225

11.9% ±4.9% (522  ±215) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Johnson County: 10.6% † 900 (±3.3% / ±278)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wyoming: 10.7% 60,704 (±0.6% / ±3,235)

13.6 minutes ±3.5 (21,905  ±6,584) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Johnson County: 16.1 † 52,550 (±2.1 / ±8,885)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Wyoming: 18.5 4,790,360 (±0.4 / ±118,275)

Families

2,258 ±145 Number of households
  • Johnson County: 3,919 ±148
  • Wyoming: 238,176 ±1,220
1.9 ±0.1 (4,379  ±37) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Johnson County: 2.2 8,463 (±0.1 / ±33)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Wyoming: 2.4 566,169

1.1% ±2.2% (9  ±19) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Johnson County: 2.2% † 36 (±2.5% / ±41)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Wyoming: 6.3% 7,992 (±0.6% / ±696)

Housing

2,378 ±141 Number of housing units
  • Johnson County: 4,635 ±36
  • Wyoming: 275,131 ±170

$272,300 ±$25,947 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Johnson County: $296,000 ±$23,993
  • a little less than the amount in Wyoming: $285,100 ±$3,775

16.5% ±6% (742  ±268.6) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Johnson County: 15.8% † 1,359 (±5% / ±426.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Wyoming: 15.7% 90,199 (±0.6% / ±3,518.4)

Social

95.9% ±10.1% (3,162  ±387.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Johnson County: 94.6% 5,963 (±7.7% / ±516.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Wyoming: 94.1% 372,002 (±1.1% / ±4,458.2)
30.9% ±6.6% (1,020  ±227.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Johnson County: 30.3% † 1,911 (±4.8% / ±310.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Wyoming: 29.9% 118,336 (±0.7% / ±2,563.7)

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

0.5% ±0.8% (24  ±35) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Johnson County: 2.1% 176
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Wyoming: 3.5% 20,364

11.7% ±4.2% (436  ±157) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Johnson County: 9.1% † 629 (±2.5% / ±170)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Wyoming: 9.2% 40,952 (±0.3% / ±1,119)
436 Total veterans ±157 402 Male ±147 34 Female ±37

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