Berlin vs Buffalo

A side-by-side comparison of Berlin and Buffalo: population, income, housing, and more.

Berlin and Buffalo are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Buffalo has the higher population (405 vs 97 in Berlin). Berlin has the higher median household income ($68,250 vs $67,321 in Buffalo). Since 2019, Buffalo's population has grown faster (-3.6% vs -47.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Berlin	Buffalo
Population	97	405
Median age	57.3 yrs	48.6 yrs
Median household income	$68,250	$67,321
Median home value	—	$122,400
Median gross rent	—	$475
Housing units	66	197
Homeownership rate	83.6%	71.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.3%	30.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berlin	Buffalo
Population	183 → 97 (-47.0%)	420 → 405 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$55,114 → $68,250 (+23.8%)	$42,708 → $67,321 (+57.6%)
Median home value	$66,000 → $90,000 (+36.4%)	$89,800 → $122,400 (+36.3%)
Median gross rent	$619 → $669 (+8.1%)	$725 → $475 (-34.5%)

Berlin

Population

18397

Median household income

$55,114$68,250

Median home value

$66,000$90,000

Median gross rent

$619$669

Buffalo

Population

420405

Median household income

$42,708$67,321

Median home value

$89,800$122,400

Median gross rent

$725$475

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Berlin	Buffalo
Under 5	2.1%	1.7%
5 to 17	0.0%	19.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.4%
25 to 34	15.5%	6.4%
35 to 44	0.0%	10.6%
45 to 54	27.8%	18.3%
55 to 64	35.1%	13.6%
65 to 74	4.1%	13.3%
75 and over	15.5%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berlin	Buffalo
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	87.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	10.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berlin	Buffalo
No high school diploma	18.9%	7.0%
High school graduate	46.3%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	13.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berlin	Buffalo
Drove alone	90.2%	70.5%
Carpooled	2.0%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	15.3%
Other means	3.9%	4.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berlin	Buffalo
1-unit, detached	57.6%	64.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	18.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	42.4%	10.2%

Poverty & households

	Berlin	Buffalo
Poverty rate	10.3%	13.1%
Average household size	1.76	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1983	1967