Buffalo vs Monon

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

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

Monon has the higher population (1,764 vs 814 in Buffalo). Buffalo has the higher median household income ($125,809 vs $52,569 in Monon). Buffalo has the higher median home value ($131,000 vs $84,600 in Monon).

Population, income & housing

	Buffalo	Monon
Population	814	1,764
Median age	56.9 yrs	27.6 yrs
Median household income	$125,809	$52,569
Median home value	$131,000	$84,600
Median gross rent	—	$941
Housing units	465	661
Homeownership rate	100.0%	68.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	7.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buffalo	Monon
Population	698 → 814 (+16.6%)	1,833 → 1,764 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$72,250 → $125,809 (+74.1%)	$41,981 → $52,569 (+25.2%)
Median home value	$116,300 → $131,000 (+12.6%)	$75,800 → $84,600 (+11.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$696 → $941 (+35.2%)

Buffalo

Population

698814

Median household income

$72,250$125,809

Median home value

$116,300$131,000

Monon

Population

1,8331,764

Median household income

$41,981$52,569

Median home value

$75,800$84,600

Median gross rent

$696$941

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buffalo	Monon
Under 5	0.0%	9.6%
5 to 17	2.0%	24.8%
18 to 24	7.6%	13.5%
25 to 34	6.9%	11.5%
35 to 44	0.6%	16.7%
45 to 54	31.0%	8.4%
55 to 64	34.9%	6.1%
65 to 74	13.0%	6.9%
75 and over	4.1%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buffalo	Monon
White (non-Hispanic)	97.3%	37.1%
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%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	60.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buffalo	Monon
No high school diploma	26.0%	39.0%
High school graduate	47.6%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	13.5%	20.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buffalo	Monon
Drove alone	52.4%	75.9%
Carpooled	41.4%	22.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	0.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buffalo	Monon
1-unit, detached	71.0%	80.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	29.0%	9.4%

Poverty & households

	Buffalo	Monon
Poverty rate	8.0%	16.1%
Average household size	2.78	3.03
Mean commute (minutes)	29	22
Median year structure built	1975	1948