Buffalo vs Idaville

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

Buffalo and Idaville 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 391 in Idaville). Buffalo has the higher median household income ($125,809 vs $46,250 in Idaville). Since 2019, Buffalo's population has grown faster (+16.6% vs -1.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Buffalo	Idaville
Population	814	391
Median age	56.9 yrs	53.4 yrs
Median household income	$125,809	$46,250
Median home value	$131,000	—
Housing units	465	269
Homeownership rate	100.0%	72.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	13.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buffalo	Idaville
Population	698 → 814 (+16.6%)	397 → 391 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$72,250 → $125,809 (+74.1%)	$59,286 → $46,250 (-22.0%)
Median home value	$116,300 → $131,000 (+12.6%)	$64,200 → $94,700 (+47.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$803 → $779 (-3.0%)

Buffalo

Population

698814

Median household income

$72,250$125,809

Median home value

$116,300$131,000

Idaville

Population

397391

Median household income

$59,286$46,250

Median home value

$64,200$94,700

Median gross rent

$803$779

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buffalo	Idaville
Under 5	0.0%	2.0%
5 to 17	2.0%	9.5%
18 to 24	7.6%	3.3%
25 to 34	6.9%	4.3%
35 to 44	0.6%	12.0%
45 to 54	31.0%	19.4%
55 to 64	34.9%	31.2%
65 to 74	13.0%	10.0%
75 and over	4.1%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buffalo	Idaville
White (non-Hispanic)	97.3%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buffalo	Idaville
No high school diploma	26.0%	5.4%
High school graduate	47.6%	52.6%
Some college or associate's	13.5%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buffalo	Idaville
Drove alone	52.4%	84.4%
Carpooled	41.4%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	11.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buffalo	Idaville
1-unit, detached	71.0%	62.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	29.0%	37.2%

Poverty & households

	Buffalo	Idaville
Poverty rate	8.0%	11.0%
Average household size	2.78	1.67
Mean commute (minutes)	29	45
Median year structure built	1975	1991