New Buffalo vs Three Oaks

A side-by-side comparison of New Buffalo and Three Oaks: population, income, housing, and more.

New Buffalo and Three Oaks are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Three Oaks has the higher population (1,322 vs 1,306 in New Buffalo). New Buffalo has the higher median household income ($64,524 vs $60,500 in Three Oaks). New Buffalo has the higher median home value ($342,700 vs $185,100 in Three Oaks).

Population, income & housing

	New Buffalo	Three Oaks
Population	1,306	1,322
Median age	53.8 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$64,524	$60,500
Median home value	$342,700	$185,100
Median gross rent	$825	$1,022
Housing units	1,666	688
Homeownership rate	76.3%	66.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.1%	19.9%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Buffalo	Three Oaks
Population	1,714 → 1,306 (-23.8%)	1,354 → 1,322 (-2.4%)
Median household income	$48,102 → $64,524 (+34.1%)	$50,903 → $60,500 (+18.9%)
Median home value	$223,100 → $342,700 (+53.6%)	$123,900 → $185,100 (+49.4%)
Median gross rent	$903 → $825 (-8.6%)	$840 → $1,022 (+21.7%)

New Buffalo

Population

1,7141,306

Median household income

$48,102$64,524

Median home value

$223,100$342,700

Median gross rent

$903$825

Three Oaks

Population

1,3541,322

Median household income

$50,903$60,500

Median home value

$123,900$185,100

Median gross rent

$840$1,022

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Buffalo	Three Oaks
Under 5	2.5%	4.6%
5 to 17	8.5%	23.0%
18 to 24	3.4%	5.9%
25 to 34	8.0%	12.0%
35 to 44	11.9%	11.6%
45 to 54	16.8%	12.8%
55 to 64	19.1%	16.6%
65 to 74	21.6%	9.9%
75 and over	8.1%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Buffalo	Three Oaks
White (non-Hispanic)	84.8%	67.2%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	0.0%
Asian	5.5%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	27.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Buffalo	Three Oaks
No high school diploma	8.1%	9.4%
High school graduate	20.8%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	19.6%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Buffalo	Three Oaks
Drove alone	76.0%	61.7%
Carpooled	6.6%	16.3%
Public transit	1.0%	0.3%
Walked	4.0%	8.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.4%	10.2%
Other means	0.0%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Buffalo	Three Oaks
1-unit, detached	68.8%	75.3%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	9.3%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	6.5%
20 or more units	9.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	New Buffalo	Three Oaks
Poverty rate	10.0%	9.6%
Average household size	1.72	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1973	1955