Buffalo vs Thayer

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

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

Thayer has the higher population (638 vs 405 in Buffalo). Buffalo has the higher median household income ($67,321 vs $63,125 in Thayer). Buffalo has the higher median home value ($122,400 vs $87,300 in Thayer).

Population, income & housing

	Buffalo	Thayer
Population	405	638
Median age	48.6 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$67,321	$63,125
Median home value	$122,400	$87,300
Median gross rent	$475	$919
Housing units	197	347
Homeownership rate	71.9%	89.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.2%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buffalo	Thayer
Population	420 → 405 (-3.6%)	786 → 638 (-18.8%)
Median household income	$42,708 → $67,321 (+57.6%)	$61,071 → $63,125 (+3.4%)
Median home value	$89,800 → $122,400 (+36.3%)	$72,400 → $87,300 (+20.6%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $475 (-34.5%)	$718 → $919 (+28.0%)

Buffalo

Population

420405

Median household income

$42,708$67,321

Median home value

$89,800$122,400

Median gross rent

$725$475

Thayer

Population

786638

Median household income

$61,071$63,125

Median home value

$72,400$87,300

Median gross rent

$718$919

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buffalo	Thayer
Under 5	1.7%	4.4%
5 to 17	19.3%	16.1%
18 to 24	5.4%	6.9%
25 to 34	6.4%	10.2%
35 to 44	10.6%	13.6%
45 to 54	18.3%	13.6%
55 to 64	13.6%	13.8%
65 to 74	13.3%	13.2%
75 and over	11.4%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buffalo	Thayer
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.4%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buffalo	Thayer
No high school diploma	7.0%	9.1%
High school graduate	31.5%	41.3%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	38.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	13.1%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buffalo	Thayer
Drove alone	70.5%	83.8%
Carpooled	6.3%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	2.5%
Walked	3.4%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.3%	4.8%
Other means	4.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buffalo	Thayer
1-unit, detached	64.5%	95.4%
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%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Buffalo	Thayer
Poverty rate	13.1%	9.4%
Average household size	2.37	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	26	30
Median year structure built	1967	1960