Buffalo vs Monticello

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

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

Monticello has the higher population (5,504 vs 814 in Buffalo). Buffalo has the higher median household income ($125,809 vs $50,138 in Monticello). Buffalo has the higher median home value ($131,000 vs $122,200 in Monticello).

Population, income & housing

	Buffalo	Monticello
Population	814	5,504
Median age	56.9 yrs	46.9 yrs
Median household income	$125,809	$50,138
Median home value	$131,000	$122,200
Median gross rent	—	$860
Housing units	465	2,798
Homeownership rate	100.0%	61.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	11.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buffalo	Monticello
Population	698 → 814 (+16.6%)	5,262 → 5,504 (+4.6%)
Median household income	$72,250 → $125,809 (+74.1%)	$43,182 → $50,138 (+16.1%)
Median home value	$116,300 → $131,000 (+12.6%)	$95,900 → $122,200 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$671 → $860 (+28.2%)

Buffalo

Population

698814

Median household income

$72,250$125,809

Median home value

$116,300$131,000

Monticello

Population

5,2625,504

Median household income

$43,182$50,138

Median home value

$95,900$122,200

Median gross rent

$671$860

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buffalo	Monticello
Under 5	0.0%	4.9%
5 to 17	2.0%	14.1%
18 to 24	7.6%	6.6%
25 to 34	6.9%	11.2%
35 to 44	0.6%	9.8%
45 to 54	31.0%	12.5%
55 to 64	34.9%	14.2%
65 to 74	13.0%	10.9%
75 and over	4.1%	15.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buffalo	Monticello
White (non-Hispanic)	97.3%	87.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
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%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buffalo	Monticello
No high school diploma	26.0%	6.7%
High school graduate	47.6%	52.6%
Some college or associate's	13.5%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buffalo	Monticello
Drove alone	52.4%	80.6%
Carpooled	41.4%	15.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buffalo	Monticello
1-unit, detached	71.0%	67.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	16.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	29.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Buffalo	Monticello
Poverty rate	8.0%	12.1%
Average household size	2.78	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	29	18
Median year structure built	1975	1964