Buffalo vs Neodesha

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

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

Neodesha has the higher population (2,311 vs 290 in Buffalo). Buffalo has the higher median household income ($68,750 vs $48,532 in Neodesha). Neodesha has the higher median home value ($88,500 vs $35,800 in Buffalo).

Population, income & housing

	Buffalo	Neodesha
Population	290	2,311
Median age	34.2 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$68,750	$48,532
Median home value	$35,800	$88,500
Median gross rent	$725	$784
Housing units	131	1,177
Homeownership rate	95.7%	71.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%	23.6%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buffalo	Neodesha
Population	292 → 290 (-0.7%)	2,083 → 2,311 (+10.9%)
Median household income	$40,625 → $68,750 (+69.2%)	$40,711 → $48,532 (+19.2%)
Median home value	$38,900 → $35,800 (-8.0%)	$58,700 → $88,500 (+50.8%)
Median gross rent	$538 → $725 (+34.8%)	$605 → $784 (+29.6%)

Buffalo

Population

292290

Median household income

$40,625$68,750

Median home value

$38,900$35,800

Median gross rent

$538$725

Neodesha

Population

2,0832,311

Median household income

$40,711$48,532

Median home value

$58,700$88,500

Median gross rent

$605$784

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buffalo	Neodesha
Under 5	15.9%	6.4%
5 to 17	22.8%	24.4%
18 to 24	1.7%	6.7%
25 to 34	15.5%	9.8%
35 to 44	9.7%	13.9%
45 to 54	5.5%	10.6%
55 to 64	14.8%	12.0%
65 to 74	11.0%	7.5%
75 and over	3.1%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buffalo	Neodesha
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	92.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buffalo	Neodesha
No high school diploma	7.5%	9.9%
High school graduate	59.0%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	15.0%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	12.1%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buffalo	Neodesha
Drove alone	92.5%	80.5%
Carpooled	2.5%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.0%
Other means	3.3%	5.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buffalo	Neodesha
1-unit, detached	90.8%	81.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	9.2%	8.2%

Poverty & households

	Buffalo	Neodesha
Poverty rate	5.2%	16.2%
Average household size	3.09	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1938	1957