Benedict vs Buffalo

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

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

Buffalo has the higher population (290 vs 65 in Benedict). Buffalo has the higher median household income ($68,750 vs $50,208 in Benedict). Benedict has the higher median home value ($52,000 vs $35,800 in Buffalo).

Population, income & housing

	Benedict	Buffalo
Population	65	290
Median age	58.5 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$50,208	$68,750
Median home value	$52,000	$35,800
Median gross rent	—	$725
Housing units	30	131
Homeownership rate	88.9%	95.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.8%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benedict	Buffalo
Population	102 → 65 (-36.3%)	292 → 290 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$29,773 → $50,208 (+68.6%)	$40,625 → $68,750 (+69.2%)
Median home value	$35,400 → $52,000 (+46.9%)	$38,900 → $35,800 (-8.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$538 → $725 (+34.8%)

Benedict

Population

10265

Median household income

$29,773$50,208

Median home value

$35,400$52,000

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)

	Benedict	Buffalo
Under 5	3.1%	15.9%
5 to 17	7.7%	22.8%
18 to 24	1.5%	1.7%
25 to 34	16.9%	15.5%
35 to 44	7.7%	9.7%
45 to 54	3.1%	5.5%
55 to 64	27.7%	14.8%
65 to 74	18.5%	11.0%
75 and over	13.8%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benedict	Buffalo
White (non-Hispanic)	86.2%	94.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	9.2%	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	4.6%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benedict	Buffalo
No high school diploma	42.1%	7.5%
High school graduate	35.1%	59.0%
Some college or associate's	21.1%	15.0%
Bachelor's degree	1.8%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benedict	Buffalo
Drove alone	93.9%	92.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benedict	Buffalo
1-unit, detached	93.3%	90.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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	6.7%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Benedict	Buffalo
Poverty rate	15.9%	5.2%
Average household size	2.41	3.09
Mean commute (minutes)	18	22
Median year structure built	1944	1938