Buffalo vs Donahue

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

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

Buffalo has the higher population (1,090 vs 382 in Donahue). Donahue has the higher median household income ($103,750 vs $74,773 in Buffalo). Donahue has the higher median home value ($211,900 vs $120,400 in Buffalo).

Population, income & housing

	Buffalo	Donahue
Population	1,090	382
Median age	39.3 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$74,773	$103,750
Median home value	$120,400	$211,900
Median gross rent	$821	—
Housing units	523	143
Homeownership rate	78.3%	95.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	22.3%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buffalo	Donahue
Population	1,182 → 1,090 (-7.8%)	378 → 382 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$56,250 → $74,773 (+32.9%)	$78,750 → $103,750 (+31.7%)
Median home value	$121,100 → $120,400 (-0.6%)	$163,800 → $211,900 (+29.4%)
Median gross rent	$478 → $821 (+71.8%)	—

Buffalo

Population

1,1821,090

Median household income

$56,250$74,773

Median home value

$121,100$120,400

Median gross rent

$478$821

Donahue

Population

378382

Median household income

$78,750$103,750

Median home value

$163,800$211,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buffalo	Donahue
Under 5	3.9%	6.0%
5 to 17	23.6%	23.6%
18 to 24	3.8%	1.0%
25 to 34	11.3%	11.5%
35 to 44	12.4%	24.6%
45 to 54	9.4%	11.5%
55 to 64	18.8%	6.8%
65 to 74	10.6%	9.7%
75 and over	6.3%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buffalo	Donahue
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	96.6%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	5.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buffalo	Donahue
No high school diploma	11.7%	6.0%
High school graduate	27.5%	26.4%
Some college or associate's	48.5%	45.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buffalo	Donahue
Drove alone	87.4%	84.9%
Carpooled	8.3%	2.6%
Public transit	0.0%	3.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	9.4%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buffalo	Donahue
1-unit, detached	94.1%	97.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Buffalo	Donahue
Poverty rate	16.3%	4.7%
Average household size	2.29	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	30	31
Median year structure built	1952	1971