What is the population of Buffalo city?

Buffalo city has 1,804 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #778 of 1,863 in Texas.

What is the median household income in Buffalo city?

Median household income in Buffalo city is $47,428 a year, 39.6% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $746 a month and the median home value is $62,300, so rent absorbs about 18.9% of median household income.

Is Buffalo city 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 city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Buffalo, TX population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Buffalo, Texas (Buffalo, TX — Census place “Buffalo city”) is 1,804 residents, ranking #778 of 1863 places in Texas. Median household income is $47,428, the median home is worth $62,300 and median gross rent runs $746 a month. Looking for the Buffalo Texas ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Buffalo, TX: 75831.

Population: 1,804Buffalo city residents
Median household income: $47,428Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $62,300Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $746Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 35.6 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 52.9%Owner-occupied households

Buffalo ZIP codes (Texas)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Buffalo.

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

75831

What the numbers mean in Buffalo city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Buffalo city median would spend about 18.9% 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 15.8% of residents and 52.9% 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 city, TX in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Buffalo city is a small town in Texas, with 1,804 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #778 of 1,863 ranked by population — larger than 58% of them. The median age here is 35.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger 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 city earn a median of $47,428 a year, 39.6% below the national figure of $78,538 and 27% below the $64,654 median for the 1,008 Texas cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 15.8% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Buffalo city is valued at $62,300, 79.5% below the national figure and 65% below the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $746 a month, 46.9% below the national figure, or roughly $8,952 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18.9% 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. 52.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. 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

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What is the population of Buffalo city?: Buffalo city has 1,804 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #778 of 1,863 in Texas.
What is the median household income in Buffalo city?: Median household income in Buffalo city is $47,428 a year, 39.6% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Buffalo city?: Median gross rent is $746 a month and the median home value is $62,300, so rent absorbs about 18.9% of median household income.
Is Buffalo city 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 city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Buffalo city 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.