Buffalo vs Dawson

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

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

Dawson has the higher population (555 vs 405 in Buffalo). Dawson has the higher median household income ($82,880 vs $67,321 in Buffalo). Buffalo has the higher median home value ($122,400 vs $97,500 in Dawson).

Population, income & housing

	Buffalo	Dawson
Population	405	555
Median age	48.6 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$67,321	$82,880
Median home value	$122,400	$97,500
Median gross rent	$475	$805
Housing units	197	263
Homeownership rate	71.9%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.2%	9.7%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buffalo	Dawson
Population	420 → 405 (-3.6%)	649 → 555 (-14.5%)
Median household income	$42,708 → $67,321 (+57.6%)	$47,841 → $82,880 (+73.2%)
Median home value	$89,800 → $122,400 (+36.3%)	$97,500 → $97,500 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $475 (-34.5%)	$922 → $805 (-12.7%)

Buffalo

Population

420405

Median household income

$42,708$67,321

Median home value

$89,800$122,400

Median gross rent

$725$475

Dawson

Population

649555

Median household income

$47,841$82,880

Median home value

$97,500$97,500

Median gross rent

$922$805

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buffalo	Dawson
Under 5	1.7%	4.7%
5 to 17	19.3%	15.1%
18 to 24	5.4%	7.9%
25 to 34	6.4%	13.5%
35 to 44	10.6%	11.2%
45 to 54	18.3%	14.8%
55 to 64	13.6%	14.1%
65 to 74	13.3%	4.9%
75 and over	11.4%	13.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buffalo	Dawson
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	94.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.4%
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%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buffalo	Dawson
No high school diploma	7.0%	5.5%
High school graduate	31.5%	49.4%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	13.1%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buffalo	Dawson
Drove alone	70.5%	68.2%
Carpooled	6.3%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.3%	26.0%
Other means	4.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buffalo	Dawson
1-unit, detached	64.5%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	6.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	18.8%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.2%	19.0%

Poverty & households

	Buffalo	Dawson
Poverty rate	13.1%	6.2%
Average household size	2.37	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1967	1975