Buffalo Center vs Rake

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

Buffalo Center and Rake 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 199 in Rake). Buffalo Center has the higher median household income ($49,474 vs $41,071 in Rake). Buffalo Center has the higher median home value ($93,800 vs $34,200 in Rake).

Population, income & housing

	Buffalo Center	Rake
Population	1,000	199
Median age	58.2 yrs	49.1 yrs
Median household income	$49,474	$41,071
Median home value	$93,800	$34,200
Median gross rent	$646	$792
Housing units	584	101
Homeownership rate	72.2%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.1%	20.8%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buffalo Center	Rake
Population	901 → 1,000 (+11.0%)	161 → 199 (+23.6%)
Median household income	$44,655 → $49,474 (+10.8%)	$36,250 → $41,071 (+13.3%)
Median home value	$64,200 → $93,800 (+46.1%)	$29,300 → $34,200 (+16.7%)
Median gross rent	$629 → $646 (+2.7%)	$675 → $792 (+17.3%)

Buffalo Center

Population

9011,000

Median household income

$44,655$49,474

Median home value

$64,200$93,800

Median gross rent

$629$646

Rake

Population

161199

Median household income

$36,250$41,071

Median home value

$29,300$34,200

Median gross rent

$675$792

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buffalo Center	Rake
Under 5	2.5%	4.0%
5 to 17	11.9%	20.1%
18 to 24	7.3%	3.5%
25 to 34	4.9%	9.0%
35 to 44	6.7%	4.5%
45 to 54	12.7%	19.6%
55 to 64	21.7%	12.1%
65 to 74	17.8%	7.0%
75 and over	14.5%	20.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buffalo Center	Rake
White (non-Hispanic)	94.3%	95.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buffalo Center	Rake
No high school diploma	2.8%	6.9%
High school graduate	41.6%	43.1%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.3%	19.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buffalo Center	Rake
Drove alone	65.6%	73.4%
Carpooled	6.6%	17.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	25.6%	4.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	4.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buffalo Center	Rake
1-unit, detached	83.0%	88.1%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	12.2%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	1.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Buffalo Center	Rake
Poverty rate	8.3%	22.6%
Average household size	1.92	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1957	1938