Brookston vs Buffalo

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

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

Brookston has the higher population (1,703 vs 814 in Buffalo). Buffalo has the higher median household income ($125,809 vs $62,375 in Brookston). Brookston has the higher median home value ($132,700 vs $131,000 in Buffalo).

Population, income & housing

	Brookston	Buffalo
Population	1,703	814
Median age	38.0 yrs	56.9 yrs
Median household income	$62,375	$125,809
Median home value	$132,700	$131,000
Median gross rent	$895	—
Housing units	747	465
Homeownership rate	73.8%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookston	Buffalo
Population	1,513 → 1,703 (+12.6%)	698 → 814 (+16.6%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $62,375 (+27.9%)	$72,250 → $125,809 (+74.1%)
Median home value	$95,400 → $132,700 (+39.1%)	$116,300 → $131,000 (+12.6%)
Median gross rent	$761 → $895 (+17.6%)	—

Brookston

Population

1,5131,703

Median household income

$48,750$62,375

Median home value

$95,400$132,700

Median gross rent

$761$895

Buffalo

Population

698814

Median household income

$72,250$125,809

Median home value

$116,300$131,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookston	Buffalo
Under 5	5.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.7%	2.0%
18 to 24	12.4%	7.6%
25 to 34	13.3%	6.9%
35 to 44	9.0%	0.6%
45 to 54	13.9%	31.0%
55 to 64	11.6%	34.9%
65 to 74	11.5%	13.0%
75 and over	6.6%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookston	Buffalo
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	97.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookston	Buffalo
No high school diploma	4.8%	26.0%
High school graduate	44.1%	47.6%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	13.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookston	Buffalo
Drove alone	84.4%	52.4%
Carpooled	6.0%	41.4%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	5.2%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookston	Buffalo
1-unit, detached	79.9%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	29.0%

Poverty & households

	Brookston	Buffalo
Poverty rate	11.9%	8.0%
Average household size	2.45	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	25	29
Median year structure built	1968	1975