Altoona vs Buffalo

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

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

Altoona has the higher population (409 vs 290 in Buffalo). Buffalo has the higher median household income ($68,750 vs $44,107 in Altoona). Altoona has the higher median home value ($50,200 vs $35,800 in Buffalo).

Population, income & housing

	Altoona	Buffalo
Population	409	290
Median age	39.6 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$44,107	$68,750
Median home value	$50,200	$35,800
Median gross rent	$706	$725
Housing units	210	131
Homeownership rate	86.1%	95.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.4%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altoona	Buffalo
Population	253 → 409 (+61.7%)	292 → 290 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$27,969 → $44,107 (+57.7%)	$40,625 → $68,750 (+69.2%)
Median home value	$33,900 → $50,200 (+48.1%)	$38,900 → $35,800 (-8.0%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $706 (-2.6%)	$538 → $725 (+34.8%)

Altoona

Population

253409

Median household income

$27,969$44,107

Median home value

$33,900$50,200

Median gross rent

$725$706

Buffalo

Population

292290

Median household income

$40,625$68,750

Median home value

$38,900$35,800

Median gross rent

$538$725

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altoona	Buffalo
Under 5	7.1%	15.9%
5 to 17	21.0%	22.8%
18 to 24	9.8%	1.7%
25 to 34	5.6%	15.5%
35 to 44	12.2%	9.7%
45 to 54	11.5%	5.5%
55 to 64	9.8%	14.8%
65 to 74	17.4%	11.0%
75 and over	5.6%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altoona	Buffalo
White (non-Hispanic)	85.3%	94.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	12.0%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altoona	Buffalo
No high school diploma	11.8%	7.5%
High school graduate	37.8%	59.0%
Some college or associate's	40.9%	15.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altoona	Buffalo
Drove alone	89.5%	92.5%
Carpooled	1.3%	2.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	0.0%
Other means	2.0%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altoona	Buffalo
1-unit, detached	67.6%	90.8%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	31.9%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Altoona	Buffalo
Poverty rate	17.4%	5.2%
Average household size	2.36	3.09
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1971	1938