Blue Grass vs Buffalo

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

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

Blue Grass has the higher population (1,867 vs 1,090 in Buffalo). Blue Grass has the higher median household income ($87,083 vs $74,773 in Buffalo). Blue Grass has the higher median home value ($202,400 vs $120,400 in Buffalo).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Grass	Buffalo
Population	1,867	1,090
Median age	46.3 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$87,083	$74,773
Median home value	$202,400	$120,400
Median gross rent	$1,158	$821
Housing units	857	523
Homeownership rate	81.5%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.2%	12.3%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Grass	Buffalo
Population	1,568 → 1,867 (+19.1%)	1,182 → 1,090 (-7.8%)
Median household income	$80,455 → $87,083 (+8.2%)	$56,250 → $74,773 (+32.9%)
Median home value	$170,200 → $202,400 (+18.9%)	$121,100 → $120,400 (-0.6%)
Median gross rent	$836 → $1,158 (+38.5%)	$478 → $821 (+71.8%)

Blue Grass

Population

1,5681,867

Median household income

$80,455$87,083

Median home value

$170,200$202,400

Median gross rent

$836$1,158

Buffalo

Population

1,1821,090

Median household income

$56,250$74,773

Median home value

$121,100$120,400

Median gross rent

$478$821

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Grass	Buffalo
Under 5	6.6%	3.9%
5 to 17	15.1%	23.6%
18 to 24	3.7%	3.8%
25 to 34	13.1%	11.3%
35 to 44	10.7%	12.4%
45 to 54	14.3%	9.4%
55 to 64	15.6%	18.8%
65 to 74	12.5%	10.6%
75 and over	8.4%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Grass	Buffalo
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	87.6%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	5.6%
Two or more races	3.9%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Grass	Buffalo
No high school diploma	4.5%	11.7%
High school graduate	30.6%	27.5%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	48.5%
Bachelor's degree	20.7%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Grass	Buffalo
Drove alone	79.2%	87.4%
Carpooled	3.3%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.0%	3.7%
Other means	0.6%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Grass	Buffalo
1-unit, detached	82.6%	94.1%
1-unit, attached	11.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	3.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Blue Grass	Buffalo
Poverty rate	9.9%	16.3%
Average household size	2.19	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	23	30
Median year structure built	1977	1952