Buffalo vs Eldridge

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

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

Eldridge has the higher population (6,743 vs 1,090 in Buffalo). Eldridge has the higher median household income ($101,089 vs $74,773 in Buffalo). Eldridge has the higher median home value ($329,400 vs $120,400 in Buffalo).

Population, income & housing

	Buffalo	Eldridge
Population	1,090	6,743
Median age	39.3 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$74,773	$101,089
Median home value	$120,400	$329,400
Median gross rent	$821	$845
Housing units	523	2,746
Homeownership rate	78.3%	85.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	54.5%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buffalo	Eldridge
Population	1,182 → 1,090 (-7.8%)	6,529 → 6,743 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$56,250 → $74,773 (+32.9%)	$71,961 → $101,089 (+40.5%)
Median home value	$121,100 → $120,400 (-0.6%)	$254,300 → $329,400 (+29.5%)
Median gross rent	$478 → $821 (+71.8%)	$736 → $845 (+14.8%)

Buffalo

Population

1,1821,090

Median household income

$56,250$74,773

Median home value

$121,100$120,400

Median gross rent

$478$821

Eldridge

Population

6,5296,743

Median household income

$71,961$101,089

Median home value

$254,300$329,400

Median gross rent

$736$845

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buffalo	Eldridge
Under 5	3.9%	5.4%
5 to 17	23.6%	25.7%
18 to 24	3.8%	4.7%
25 to 34	11.3%	5.6%
35 to 44	12.4%	15.6%
45 to 54	9.4%	15.3%
55 to 64	18.8%	10.5%
65 to 74	10.6%	10.8%
75 and over	6.3%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buffalo	Eldridge
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	88.4%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	5.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buffalo	Eldridge
No high school diploma	11.7%	1.0%
High school graduate	27.5%	15.2%
Some college or associate's	48.5%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	39.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	15.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buffalo	Eldridge
Drove alone	87.4%	80.5%
Carpooled	8.3%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	16.0%
Other means	0.5%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buffalo	Eldridge
1-unit, detached	94.1%	65.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	15.3%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	12.2%
20 or more units	1.7%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Buffalo	Eldridge
Poverty rate	16.3%	1.0%
Average household size	2.29	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	30	17
Median year structure built	1952	2001