Buffalo vs Park View

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

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

Park View has the higher population (2,861 vs 1,090 in Buffalo). Park View has the higher median household income ($106,429 vs $74,773 in Buffalo). Park View has the higher median home value ($276,500 vs $120,400 in Buffalo).

Population, income & housing

	Buffalo	Park View
Population	1,090	2,861
Median age	39.3 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$74,773	$106,429
Median home value	$120,400	$276,500
Median gross rent	$821	$986
Housing units	523	1,030
Homeownership rate	78.3%	74.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	52.5%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buffalo	Park View
Population	1,182 → 1,090 (-7.8%)	2,818 → 2,861 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$56,250 → $74,773 (+32.9%)	$76,939 → $106,429 (+38.3%)
Median home value	$121,100 → $120,400 (-0.6%)	$171,000 → $276,500 (+61.7%)
Median gross rent	$478 → $821 (+71.8%)	$926 → $986 (+6.5%)

Buffalo

Population

1,1821,090

Median household income

$56,250$74,773

Median home value

$121,100$120,400

Median gross rent

$478$821

Park View

Population

2,8182,861

Median household income

$76,939$106,429

Median home value

$171,000$276,500

Median gross rent

$926$986

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buffalo	Park View
Under 5	3.9%	8.6%
5 to 17	23.6%	25.0%
18 to 24	3.8%	2.7%
25 to 34	11.3%	16.9%
35 to 44	12.4%	18.3%
45 to 54	9.4%	6.7%
55 to 64	18.8%	8.9%
65 to 74	10.6%	10.5%
75 and over	6.3%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buffalo	Park View
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	88.6%
Black or African American	0.8%	4.4%
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%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buffalo	Park View
No high school diploma	11.7%	1.3%
High school graduate	27.5%	28.3%
Some college or associate's	48.5%	17.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	36.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	15.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buffalo	Park View
Drove alone	87.4%	74.9%
Carpooled	8.3%	15.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	9.7%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buffalo	Park View
1-unit, detached	94.1%	84.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	16.0%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Buffalo	Park View
Poverty rate	16.3%	2.0%
Average household size	2.29	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	30	38
Median year structure built	1952	1978