Buffalo Lake vs Olivia

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

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

Olivia has the higher population (2,243 vs 664 in Buffalo Lake). Olivia has the higher median household income ($62,683 vs $56,719 in Buffalo Lake). Olivia has the higher median home value ($156,600 vs $106,000 in Buffalo Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Buffalo Lake	Olivia
Population	664	2,243
Median age	41.2 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$56,719	$62,683
Median home value	$106,000	$156,600
Median gross rent	$763	$740
Housing units	285	1,138
Homeownership rate	73.4%	62.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	21.9%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buffalo Lake	Olivia
Population	621 → 664 (+6.9%)	2,471 → 2,243 (-9.2%)
Median household income	$42,574 → $56,719 (+33.2%)	$56,830 → $62,683 (+10.3%)
Median home value	$92,400 → $106,000 (+14.7%)	$122,500 → $156,600 (+27.8%)
Median gross rent	$539 → $763 (+41.6%)	$696 → $740 (+6.3%)

Buffalo Lake

Population

621664

Median household income

$42,574$56,719

Median home value

$92,400$106,000

Median gross rent

$539$763

Olivia

Population

2,4712,243

Median household income

$56,830$62,683

Median home value

$122,500$156,600

Median gross rent

$696$740

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buffalo Lake	Olivia
Under 5	9.2%	3.9%
5 to 17	16.9%	20.7%
18 to 24	5.7%	8.3%
25 to 34	12.8%	8.0%
35 to 44	7.5%	12.4%
45 to 54	10.7%	13.5%
55 to 64	8.4%	9.8%
65 to 74	12.0%	13.2%
75 and over	16.7%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buffalo Lake	Olivia
White (non-Hispanic)	68.5%	83.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.7%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	27.9%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buffalo Lake	Olivia
No high school diploma	11.9%	9.4%
High school graduate	34.0%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buffalo Lake	Olivia
Drove alone	84.7%	76.1%
Carpooled	0.8%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	2.2%
Walked	4.1%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.2%
Worked from home	10.3%	5.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buffalo Lake	Olivia
1-unit, detached	80.4%	66.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	18.7%
20 or more units	2.8%	5.4%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Buffalo Lake	Olivia
Poverty rate	17.4%	13.2%
Average household size	2.49	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	27	18
Median year structure built	1959	1969