Buffalo vs Hodgenville

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

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

Hodgenville has the higher population (3,262 vs 533 in Buffalo). Hodgenville has the higher median household income ($58,750 vs $30,660 in Buffalo). Buffalo has the higher median home value ($215,500 vs $137,100 in Hodgenville).

Population, income & housing

	Buffalo	Hodgenville
Population	533	3,262
Median age	55.5 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$30,660	$58,750
Median home value	$215,500	$137,100
Median gross rent	$740	$907
Housing units	281	1,273
Homeownership rate	67.4%	50.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.4%	20.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buffalo	Hodgenville
Population	334 → 533 (+59.6%)	3,212 → 3,262 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$40,102 → $30,660 (-23.5%)	$31,314 → $58,750 (+87.6%)
Median home value	$123,900 → $215,500 (+73.9%)	$90,400 → $137,100 (+51.7%)
Median gross rent	$618 → $740 (+19.7%)	$580 → $907 (+56.4%)

Buffalo

Population

334533

Median household income

$40,102$30,660

Median home value

$123,900$215,500

Median gross rent

$618$740

Hodgenville

Population

3,2123,262

Median household income

$31,314$58,750

Median home value

$90,400$137,100

Median gross rent

$580$907

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buffalo	Hodgenville
Under 5	4.3%	10.6%
5 to 17	16.9%	18.3%
18 to 24	8.4%	9.7%
25 to 34	15.2%	14.2%
35 to 44	0.0%	14.9%
45 to 54	1.1%	8.7%
55 to 64	24.0%	10.6%
65 to 74	28.3%	7.0%
75 and over	1.7%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buffalo	Hodgenville
White (non-Hispanic)	73.2%	82.4%
Black or African American	4.1%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.9%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	11.8%	10.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buffalo	Hodgenville
No high school diploma	18.1%	13.1%
High school graduate	62.9%	27.6%
Some college or associate's	12.5%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree	4.0%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	14.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buffalo	Hodgenville
Drove alone	100.0%	79.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	12.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buffalo	Hodgenville
1-unit, detached	96.4%	79.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Buffalo	Hodgenville
Poverty rate	31.5%	22.3%
Average household size	2.07	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	18	30
Median year structure built	1968	1968