Buffalo vs Curran

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

Buffalo and Curran 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 164 in Curran). Buffalo has the higher median household income ($67,321 vs $55,417 in Curran). Buffalo has the higher median home value ($122,400 vs $110,400 in Curran).

Population, income & housing

	Buffalo	Curran
Population	405	164
Median age	48.6 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$67,321	$55,417
Median home value	$122,400	$110,400
Median gross rent	$475	$822
Housing units	197	75
Homeownership rate	71.9%	65.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.2%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buffalo	Curran
Population	420 → 405 (-3.6%)	232 → 164 (-29.3%)
Median household income	$42,708 → $67,321 (+57.6%)	$47,917 → $55,417 (+15.7%)
Median home value	$89,800 → $122,400 (+36.3%)	$63,000 → $110,400 (+75.2%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $475 (-34.5%)	$693 → $822 (+18.6%)

Buffalo

Population

420405

Median household income

$42,708$67,321

Median home value

$89,800$122,400

Median gross rent

$725$475

Curran

Population

232164

Median household income

$47,917$55,417

Median home value

$63,000$110,400

Median gross rent

$693$822

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buffalo	Curran
Under 5	1.7%	5.5%
5 to 17	19.3%	18.3%
18 to 24	5.4%	6.1%
25 to 34	6.4%	10.4%
35 to 44	10.6%	15.9%
45 to 54	18.3%	10.4%
55 to 64	13.6%	14.6%
65 to 74	13.3%	14.0%
75 and over	11.4%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buffalo	Curran
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buffalo	Curran
No high school diploma	7.0%	6.1%
High school graduate	31.5%	50.4%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.1%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buffalo	Curran
Drove alone	70.5%	80.7%
Carpooled	6.3%	12.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.2%
Worked from home	15.3%	6.0%
Other means	4.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buffalo	Curran
1-unit, detached	64.5%	57.3%
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%	42.7%

Poverty & households

	Buffalo	Curran
Poverty rate	13.1%	4.3%
Average household size	2.37	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	26	16
Median year structure built	1967	1971