Buffalo vs Riverdale

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

Buffalo and Riverdale 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 408 in Riverdale). Riverdale has the higher median household income ($88,500 vs $74,773 in Buffalo). Riverdale has the higher median home value ($270,000 vs $120,400 in Buffalo).

Population, income & housing

	Buffalo	Riverdale
Population	1,090	408
Median age	39.3 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$74,773	$88,500
Median home value	$120,400	$270,000
Median gross rent	$821	$1,705
Housing units	523	190
Homeownership rate	78.3%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	35.7%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buffalo	Riverdale
Population	1,182 → 1,090 (-7.8%)	477 → 408 (-14.5%)
Median household income	$56,250 → $74,773 (+32.9%)	$73,750 → $88,500 (+20.0%)
Median home value	$121,100 → $120,400 (-0.6%)	$215,300 → $270,000 (+25.4%)
Median gross rent	$478 → $821 (+71.8%)	$1,063 → $1,705 (+60.4%)

Buffalo

Population

1,1821,090

Median household income

$56,250$74,773

Median home value

$121,100$120,400

Median gross rent

$478$821

Riverdale

Population

477408

Median household income

$73,750$88,500

Median home value

$215,300$270,000

Median gross rent

$1,063$1,705

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buffalo	Riverdale
Under 5	3.9%	5.1%
5 to 17	23.6%	12.0%
18 to 24	3.8%	11.5%
25 to 34	11.3%	7.6%
35 to 44	12.4%	17.6%
45 to 54	9.4%	16.2%
55 to 64	18.8%	11.5%
65 to 74	10.6%	8.6%
75 and over	6.3%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buffalo	Riverdale
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	80.4%
Black or African American	0.8%	5.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	5.6%	1.5%
Two or more races	0.8%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buffalo	Riverdale
No high school diploma	11.7%	2.7%
High school graduate	27.5%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	48.5%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	17.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buffalo	Riverdale
Drove alone	87.4%	90.0%
Carpooled	8.3%	2.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	7.0%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buffalo	Riverdale
1-unit, detached	94.1%	96.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	1.6%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Buffalo	Riverdale
Poverty rate	16.3%	3.9%
Average household size	2.29	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	30	21
Median year structure built	1952	1957