Buffalo vs Burnettsville

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

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

Buffalo has the higher population (814 vs 352 in Burnettsville). Buffalo has the higher median household income ($125,809 vs $68,500 in Burnettsville). Buffalo has the higher median home value ($131,000 vs $103,500 in Burnettsville).

Population, income & housing

	Buffalo	Burnettsville
Population	814	352
Median age	56.9 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$125,809	$68,500
Median home value	$131,000	$103,500
Median gross rent	—	$833
Housing units	465	155
Homeownership rate	100.0%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	9.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buffalo	Burnettsville
Population	698 → 814 (+16.6%)	409 → 352 (-13.9%)
Median household income	$72,250 → $125,809 (+74.1%)	$45,313 → $68,500 (+51.2%)
Median home value	$116,300 → $131,000 (+12.6%)	$92,200 → $103,500 (+12.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$744 → $833 (+12.0%)

Buffalo

Population

698814

Median household income

$72,250$125,809

Median home value

$116,300$131,000

Burnettsville

Population

409352

Median household income

$45,313$68,500

Median home value

$92,200$103,500

Median gross rent

$744$833

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buffalo	Burnettsville
Under 5	0.0%	8.2%
5 to 17	2.0%	17.6%
18 to 24	7.6%	5.4%
25 to 34	6.9%	13.9%
35 to 44	0.6%	11.9%
45 to 54	31.0%	7.1%
55 to 64	34.9%	9.7%
65 to 74	13.0%	15.6%
75 and over	4.1%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buffalo	Burnettsville
White (non-Hispanic)	97.3%	96.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buffalo	Burnettsville
No high school diploma	26.0%	3.7%
High school graduate	47.6%	55.4%
Some college or associate's	13.5%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buffalo	Burnettsville
Drove alone	52.4%	85.8%
Carpooled	41.4%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buffalo	Burnettsville
1-unit, detached	71.0%	92.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	29.0%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Buffalo	Burnettsville
Poverty rate	8.0%	6.3%
Average household size	2.78	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	29	20
Median year structure built	1975	1938