Buffalo vs Chalmers

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

Buffalo and Chalmers 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 518 in Chalmers). Buffalo has the higher median household income ($125,809 vs $70,588 in Chalmers). Chalmers has the higher median home value ($154,000 vs $131,000 in Buffalo).

Population, income & housing

	Buffalo	Chalmers
Population	814	518
Median age	56.9 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$125,809	$70,588
Median home value	$131,000	$154,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,075
Housing units	465	229
Homeownership rate	100.0%	81.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	16.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buffalo	Chalmers
Population	698 → 814 (+16.6%)	445 → 518 (+16.4%)
Median household income	$72,250 → $125,809 (+74.1%)	$58,977 → $70,588 (+19.7%)
Median home value	$116,300 → $131,000 (+12.6%)	$89,800 → $154,000 (+71.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$750 → $1,075 (+43.3%)

Buffalo

Population

698814

Median household income

$72,250$125,809

Median home value

$116,300$131,000

Chalmers

Population

445518

Median household income

$58,977$70,588

Median home value

$89,800$154,000

Median gross rent

$750$1,075

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buffalo	Chalmers
Under 5	0.0%	9.5%
5 to 17	2.0%	13.5%
18 to 24	7.6%	9.3%
25 to 34	6.9%	15.3%
35 to 44	0.6%	8.5%
45 to 54	31.0%	14.3%
55 to 64	34.9%	16.6%
65 to 74	13.0%	7.9%
75 and over	4.1%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buffalo	Chalmers
White (non-Hispanic)	97.3%	90.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
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%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buffalo	Chalmers
No high school diploma	26.0%	8.3%
High school graduate	47.6%	44.2%
Some college or associate's	13.5%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buffalo	Chalmers
Drove alone	52.4%	89.5%
Carpooled	41.4%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	5.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buffalo	Chalmers
1-unit, detached	71.0%	93.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	29.0%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Buffalo	Chalmers
Poverty rate	8.0%	4.6%
Average household size	2.78	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	29	27
Median year structure built	1975	1945