Buffalo vs Lafontaine

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

Buffalo and Lafontaine 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 51 in Lafontaine). Buffalo has the higher median household income ($68,750 vs $51,125 in Lafontaine). Since 2019, Lafontaine's population has grown faster (+6.3% vs -0.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Buffalo	Lafontaine
Population	290	51
Median age	34.2 yrs	54.1 yrs
Median household income	$68,750	$51,125
Median home value	$35,800	—
Median gross rent	$725	—
Housing units	131	23
Homeownership rate	95.7%	56.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buffalo	Lafontaine
Population	292 → 290 (-0.7%)	48 → 51 (+6.3%)
Median household income	$40,625 → $68,750 (+69.2%)	—
Median home value	$38,900 → $35,800 (-8.0%)	—
Median gross rent	$538 → $725 (+34.8%)	—

Buffalo

Population

292290

Median household income

$40,625$68,750

Median home value

$38,900$35,800

Median gross rent

$538$725

Lafontaine

Population

4851

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buffalo	Lafontaine
Under 5	15.9%	15.7%
5 to 17	22.8%	0.0%
18 to 24	1.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	15.5%	9.8%
35 to 44	9.7%	0.0%
45 to 54	5.5%	43.1%
55 to 64	14.8%	0.0%
65 to 74	11.0%	31.4%
75 and over	3.1%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buffalo	Lafontaine
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	84.3%
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	4.5%	15.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buffalo	Lafontaine
No high school diploma	7.5%	0.0%
High school graduate	59.0%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	15.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buffalo	Lafontaine
Drove alone	92.5%	47.2%
Carpooled	2.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	52.8%
Other means	3.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buffalo	Lafontaine
1-unit, detached	90.8%	100.0%
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	9.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Buffalo	Lafontaine
Poverty rate	5.2%	0.0%
Average household size	3.09	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	22	—
Median year structure built	1938	1938