Buffalo vs Long Grove

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

Buffalo and Long Grove 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 707 in Long Grove). Long Grove has the higher median household income ($124,297 vs $74,773 in Buffalo). Long Grove has the higher median home value ($295,900 vs $120,400 in Buffalo).

Population, income & housing

	Buffalo	Long Grove
Population	1,090	707
Median age	39.3 yrs	52.4 yrs
Median household income	$74,773	$124,297
Median home value	$120,400	$295,900
Median gross rent	$821	$1,479
Housing units	523	301
Homeownership rate	78.3%	95.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	41.7%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buffalo	Long Grove
Population	1,182 → 1,090 (-7.8%)	994 → 707 (-28.9%)
Median household income	$56,250 → $74,773 (+32.9%)	$103,750 → $124,297 (+19.8%)
Median home value	$121,100 → $120,400 (-0.6%)	$255,800 → $295,900 (+15.7%)
Median gross rent	$478 → $821 (+71.8%)	$1,536 → $1,479 (-3.7%)

Buffalo

Population

1,1821,090

Median household income

$56,250$74,773

Median home value

$121,100$120,400

Median gross rent

$478$821

Long Grove

Population

994707

Median household income

$103,750$124,297

Median home value

$255,800$295,900

Median gross rent

$1,536$1,479

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buffalo	Long Grove
Under 5	3.9%	7.2%
5 to 17	23.6%	15.3%
18 to 24	3.8%	2.5%
25 to 34	11.3%	11.0%
35 to 44	12.4%	7.4%
45 to 54	9.4%	9.8%
55 to 64	18.8%	19.7%
65 to 74	10.6%	21.1%
75 and over	6.3%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buffalo	Long Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	93.2%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	5.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buffalo	Long Grove
No high school diploma	11.7%	3.2%
High school graduate	27.5%	22.3%
Some college or associate's	48.5%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	26.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	15.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buffalo	Long Grove
Drove alone	87.4%	80.1%
Carpooled	8.3%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	10.9%
Other means	0.5%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buffalo	Long Grove
1-unit, detached	94.1%	97.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Buffalo	Long Grove
Poverty rate	16.3%	2.4%
Average household size	2.29	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	30	24
Median year structure built	1952	1979