Buffalo vs Le Claire

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

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

Le Claire has the higher population (4,718 vs 1,090 in Buffalo). Le Claire has the higher median household income ($100,404 vs $74,773 in Buffalo). Le Claire has the higher median home value ($300,200 vs $120,400 in Buffalo).

Population, income & housing

	Buffalo	Le Claire
Population	1,090	4,718
Median age	39.3 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$74,773	$100,404
Median home value	$120,400	$300,200
Median gross rent	$821	$1,087
Housing units	523	1,842
Homeownership rate	78.3%	71.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	38.5%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buffalo	Le Claire
Population	1,182 → 1,090 (-7.8%)	3,971 → 4,718 (+18.8%)
Median household income	$56,250 → $74,773 (+32.9%)	$86,250 → $100,404 (+16.4%)
Median home value	$121,100 → $120,400 (-0.6%)	$224,800 → $300,200 (+33.5%)
Median gross rent	$478 → $821 (+71.8%)	$858 → $1,087 (+26.7%)

Buffalo

Population

1,1821,090

Median household income

$56,250$74,773

Median home value

$121,100$120,400

Median gross rent

$478$821

Le Claire

Population

3,9714,718

Median household income

$86,250$100,404

Median home value

$224,800$300,200

Median gross rent

$858$1,087

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buffalo	Le Claire
Under 5	3.9%	7.1%
5 to 17	23.6%	28.1%
18 to 24	3.8%	3.0%
25 to 34	11.3%	10.6%
35 to 44	12.4%	15.9%
45 to 54	9.4%	7.9%
55 to 64	18.8%	13.7%
65 to 74	10.6%	8.5%
75 and over	6.3%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buffalo	Le Claire
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	90.9%
Black or African American	0.8%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	5.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buffalo	Le Claire
No high school diploma	11.7%	4.3%
High school graduate	27.5%	23.0%
Some college or associate's	48.5%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	23.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	15.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buffalo	Le Claire
Drove alone	87.4%	77.0%
Carpooled	8.3%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	15.8%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buffalo	Le Claire
1-unit, detached	94.1%	70.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	17.7%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	10.7%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.7%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Buffalo	Le Claire
Poverty rate	16.3%	8.0%
Average household size	2.29	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	30	22
Median year structure built	1952	1979