Buffalo vs Wolcott

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

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

Wolcott has the higher population (1,044 vs 814 in Buffalo). Buffalo has the higher median household income ($125,809 vs $70,938 in Wolcott). Buffalo has the higher median home value ($131,000 vs $112,500 in Wolcott).

Population, income & housing

	Buffalo	Wolcott
Population	814	1,044
Median age	56.9 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$125,809	$70,938
Median home value	$131,000	$112,500
Median gross rent	—	$875
Housing units	465	436
Homeownership rate	100.0%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	13.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buffalo	Wolcott
Population	698 → 814 (+16.6%)	1,103 → 1,044 (-5.3%)
Median household income	$72,250 → $125,809 (+74.1%)	$58,438 → $70,938 (+21.4%)
Median home value	$116,300 → $131,000 (+12.6%)	$93,500 → $112,500 (+20.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$699 → $875 (+25.2%)

Buffalo

Population

698814

Median household income

$72,250$125,809

Median home value

$116,300$131,000

Wolcott

Population

1,1031,044

Median household income

$58,438$70,938

Median home value

$93,500$112,500

Median gross rent

$699$875

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buffalo	Wolcott
Under 5	0.0%	10.2%
5 to 17	2.0%	16.2%
18 to 24	7.6%	7.7%
25 to 34	6.9%	11.4%
35 to 44	0.6%	14.8%
45 to 54	31.0%	11.1%
55 to 64	34.9%	13.9%
65 to 74	13.0%	8.7%
75 and over	4.1%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buffalo	Wolcott
White (non-Hispanic)	97.3%	83.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buffalo	Wolcott
No high school diploma	26.0%	6.7%
High school graduate	47.6%	49.6%
Some college or associate's	13.5%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buffalo	Wolcott
Drove alone	52.4%	79.0%
Carpooled	41.4%	13.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	0.9%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buffalo	Wolcott
1-unit, detached	71.0%	93.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	29.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Buffalo	Wolcott
Poverty rate	8.0%	9.1%
Average household size	2.78	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	29	20
Median year structure built	1975	1951