Buffalo Lake vs Danube

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

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

Buffalo Lake has the higher population (664 vs 489 in Danube). Danube has the higher median household income ($62,014 vs $56,719 in Buffalo Lake). Danube has the higher median home value ($137,500 vs $106,000 in Buffalo Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Buffalo Lake	Danube
Population	664	489
Median age	41.2 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$56,719	$62,014
Median home value	$106,000	$137,500
Median gross rent	$763	$942
Housing units	285	225
Homeownership rate	73.4%	86.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	13.5%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buffalo Lake	Danube
Population	621 → 664 (+6.9%)	522 → 489 (-6.3%)
Median household income	$42,574 → $56,719 (+33.2%)	$53,906 → $62,014 (+15.0%)
Median home value	$92,400 → $106,000 (+14.7%)	$81,300 → $137,500 (+69.1%)
Median gross rent	$539 → $763 (+41.6%)	$631 → $942 (+49.3%)

Buffalo Lake

Population

621664

Median household income

$42,574$56,719

Median home value

$92,400$106,000

Median gross rent

$539$763

Danube

Population

522489

Median household income

$53,906$62,014

Median home value

$81,300$137,500

Median gross rent

$631$942

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buffalo Lake	Danube
Under 5	9.2%	11.2%
5 to 17	16.9%	19.0%
18 to 24	5.7%	6.3%
25 to 34	12.8%	11.5%
35 to 44	7.5%	18.0%
45 to 54	10.7%	7.6%
55 to 64	8.4%	8.2%
65 to 74	12.0%	9.8%
75 and over	16.7%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buffalo Lake	Danube
White (non-Hispanic)	68.5%	90.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	27.9%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buffalo Lake	Danube
No high school diploma	11.9%	9.7%
High school graduate	34.0%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	46.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	4.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buffalo Lake	Danube
Drove alone	84.7%	83.2%
Carpooled	0.8%	2.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	14.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buffalo Lake	Danube
1-unit, detached	80.4%	89.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	1.8%
20 or more units	2.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Buffalo Lake	Danube
Poverty rate	17.4%	2.2%
Average household size	2.49	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1959	1965