Buffalo vs Cantrall

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

Buffalo and Cantrall 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 147 in Cantrall). Cantrall has the higher median household income ($84,583 vs $67,321 in Buffalo). Cantrall has the higher median home value ($200,000 vs $122,400 in Buffalo).

Population, income & housing

	Buffalo	Cantrall
Population	405	147
Median age	48.6 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$67,321	$84,583
Median home value	$122,400	$200,000
Median gross rent	$475	$640
Housing units	197	65
Homeownership rate	71.9%	85.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.2%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buffalo	Cantrall
Population	420 → 405 (-3.6%)	128 → 147 (+14.8%)
Median household income	$42,708 → $67,321 (+57.6%)	$71,875 → $84,583 (+17.7%)
Median home value	$89,800 → $122,400 (+36.3%)	$123,800 → $200,000 (+61.6%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $475 (-34.5%)	—

Buffalo

Population

420405

Median household income

$42,708$67,321

Median home value

$89,800$122,400

Median gross rent

$725$475

Cantrall

Population

128147

Median household income

$71,875$84,583

Median home value

$123,800$200,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buffalo	Cantrall
Under 5	1.7%	5.4%
5 to 17	19.3%	10.9%
18 to 24	5.4%	19.7%
25 to 34	6.4%	10.9%
35 to 44	10.6%	7.5%
45 to 54	18.3%	17.0%
55 to 64	13.6%	17.0%
65 to 74	13.3%	6.8%
75 and over	11.4%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buffalo	Cantrall
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	95.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.7%
Two or more races	10.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buffalo	Cantrall
No high school diploma	7.0%	2.1%
High school graduate	31.5%	50.0%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	13.1%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buffalo	Cantrall
Drove alone	70.5%	79.6%
Carpooled	6.3%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.3%	8.2%
Other means	4.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buffalo	Cantrall
1-unit, detached	64.5%	98.5%
1-unit, attached	6.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	18.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.2%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Buffalo	Cantrall
Poverty rate	13.1%	12.2%
Average household size	2.37	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1967	1968