What is the population of Buffalo town?

Buffalo town has 1,244 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #206 of 846 in Oklahoma.

What is the median household income in Buffalo town?

Median household income in Buffalo town is $69,875 a year, 11% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Buffalo town?

Median gross rent is $693 a month and the median home value is $89,200, so rent absorbs about 11.9% of median household income.

Is Buffalo town affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 1.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Buffalo town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 11.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Buffalo, OK population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Buffalo, Oklahoma (Buffalo, OK — Census place “Buffalo town”) is 1,244 residents, ranking #206 of 846 places in Oklahoma. Median household income is $69,875, the median home is worth $89,200 and median gross rent runs $693 a month. Looking for the Buffalo Oklahoma ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Buffalo, OK: 73834.

Population: 1,244Buffalo town residents
Median household income: $69,875Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $89,200Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $693Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 41.7 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 85.9%Owner-occupied households

Buffalo ZIP codes (Oklahoma)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Buffalo.

The Buffalo OK ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

73834

What the numbers mean in Buffalo town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Buffalo town median would spend about 11.9% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 1.3× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 9.8% of residents and 85.9% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Buffalo town, OK in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Buffalo town is a small town in Oklahoma, with 1,244 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #206 of 846 ranked by population — larger than 75% of them. The median age here is 41.7 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Buffalo town earn a median of $69,875 a year, 11% below the national figure of $78,538 and 31% above the $53,500 median for the 240 Oklahoma cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 9.8% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Buffalo town is valued at $89,200, 70.6% below the national figure and 29% below the $125,800 peer median, while median gross rent runs $693 a month, 50.7% below the national figure, or roughly $8,316 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 11.9% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 1.3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 85.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Buffalo town?: Buffalo town has 1,244 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #206 of 846 in Oklahoma.
What is the median household income in Buffalo town?: Median household income in Buffalo town is $69,875 a year, 11% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Buffalo town?: Median gross rent is $693 a month and the median home value is $89,200, so rent absorbs about 11.9% of median household income.
Is Buffalo town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 1.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Buffalo town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 11.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Buffalo town data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.