Buffalo Center vs Leland

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

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

Buffalo Center has the higher population (1,000 vs 214 in Leland). Leland has the higher median household income ($52,500 vs $49,474 in Buffalo Center). Buffalo Center has the higher median home value ($93,800 vs $79,200 in Leland).

Population, income & housing

	Buffalo Center	Leland
Population	1,000	214
Median age	58.2 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$49,474	$52,500
Median home value	$93,800	$79,200
Median gross rent	$646	$860
Housing units	584	113
Homeownership rate	72.2%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.1%	7.4%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buffalo Center	Leland
Population	901 → 1,000 (+11.0%)	265 → 214 (-19.2%)
Median household income	$44,655 → $49,474 (+10.8%)	$46,458 → $52,500 (+13.0%)
Median home value	$64,200 → $93,800 (+46.1%)	$87,500 → $79,200 (-9.5%)
Median gross rent	$629 → $646 (+2.7%)	$606 → $860 (+41.9%)

Buffalo Center

Population

9011,000

Median household income

$44,655$49,474

Median home value

$64,200$93,800

Median gross rent

$629$646

Leland

Population

265214

Median household income

$46,458$52,500

Median home value

$87,500$79,200

Median gross rent

$606$860

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buffalo Center	Leland
Under 5	2.5%	5.6%
5 to 17	11.9%	19.2%
18 to 24	7.3%	5.6%
25 to 34	4.9%	15.0%
35 to 44	6.7%	9.8%
45 to 54	12.7%	4.7%
55 to 64	21.7%	21.5%
65 to 74	17.8%	11.7%
75 and over	14.5%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buffalo Center	Leland
White (non-Hispanic)	94.3%	79.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	7.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buffalo Center	Leland
No high school diploma	2.8%	12.8%
High school graduate	41.6%	42.3%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	22.3%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buffalo Center	Leland
Drove alone	65.6%	89.6%
Carpooled	6.6%	1.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	25.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buffalo Center	Leland
1-unit, detached	83.0%	85.0%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.2%	15.0%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Buffalo Center	Leland
Poverty rate	8.3%	7.3%
Average household size	1.92	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1957	1958