Buffalo Lake vs Renville

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

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

Renville has the higher population (1,397 vs 664 in Buffalo Lake). Renville has the higher median household income ($73,750 vs $56,719 in Buffalo Lake). Renville has the higher median home value ($109,700 vs $106,000 in Buffalo Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Buffalo Lake	Renville
Population	664	1,397
Median age	41.2 yrs	30.3 yrs
Median household income	$56,719	$73,750
Median home value	$106,000	$109,700
Median gross rent	$763	$671
Housing units	285	619
Homeownership rate	73.4%	70.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	18.3%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buffalo Lake	Renville
Population	621 → 664 (+6.9%)	1,235 → 1,397 (+13.1%)
Median household income	$42,574 → $56,719 (+33.2%)	$64,148 → $73,750 (+15.0%)
Median home value	$92,400 → $106,000 (+14.7%)	$73,800 → $109,700 (+48.6%)
Median gross rent	$539 → $763 (+41.6%)	$588 → $671 (+14.1%)

Buffalo Lake

Population

621664

Median household income

$42,574$56,719

Median home value

$92,400$106,000

Median gross rent

$539$763

Renville

Population

1,2351,397

Median household income

$64,148$73,750

Median home value

$73,800$109,700

Median gross rent

$588$671

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buffalo Lake	Renville
Under 5	9.2%	7.4%
5 to 17	16.9%	23.3%
18 to 24	5.7%	7.8%
25 to 34	12.8%	18.6%
35 to 44	7.5%	10.8%
45 to 54	10.7%	8.0%
55 to 64	8.4%	7.7%
65 to 74	12.0%	5.6%
75 and over	16.7%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buffalo Lake	Renville
White (non-Hispanic)	68.5%	70.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.7%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	27.9%	25.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buffalo Lake	Renville
No high school diploma	11.9%	15.6%
High school graduate	34.0%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buffalo Lake	Renville
Drove alone	84.7%	86.7%
Carpooled	0.8%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	4.1%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	0.7%
Other means	0.0%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buffalo Lake	Renville
1-unit, detached	80.4%	75.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	17.8%
20 or more units	2.8%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Buffalo Lake	Renville
Poverty rate	17.4%	11.2%
Average household size	2.49	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	27	18
Median year structure built	1959	1970