Buffalo Lake vs Sacred Heart

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

Buffalo Lake and Sacred Heart 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 522 in Sacred Heart). Sacred Heart has the higher median household income ($63,125 vs $56,719 in Buffalo Lake). Buffalo Lake has the higher median home value ($106,000 vs $57,600 in Sacred Heart).

Population, income & housing

	Buffalo Lake	Sacred Heart
Population	664	522
Median age	41.2 yrs	55.4 yrs
Median household income	$56,719	$63,125
Median home value	$106,000	$57,600
Median gross rent	$763	$650
Housing units	285	281
Homeownership rate	73.4%	83.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	12.9%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buffalo Lake	Sacred Heart
Population	621 → 664 (+6.9%)	608 → 522 (-14.1%)
Median household income	$42,574 → $56,719 (+33.2%)	$47,375 → $63,125 (+33.2%)
Median home value	$92,400 → $106,000 (+14.7%)	$47,400 → $57,600 (+21.5%)
Median gross rent	$539 → $763 (+41.6%)	$652 → $650 (-0.3%)

Buffalo Lake

Population

621664

Median household income

$42,574$56,719

Median home value

$92,400$106,000

Median gross rent

$539$763

Sacred Heart

Population

608522

Median household income

$47,375$63,125

Median home value

$47,400$57,600

Median gross rent

$652$650

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buffalo Lake	Sacred Heart
Under 5	9.2%	4.6%
5 to 17	16.9%	11.9%
18 to 24	5.7%	2.1%
25 to 34	12.8%	4.8%
35 to 44	7.5%	10.0%
45 to 54	10.7%	15.5%
55 to 64	8.4%	23.4%
65 to 74	12.0%	13.8%
75 and over	16.7%	14.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buffalo Lake	Sacred Heart
White (non-Hispanic)	68.5%	92.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
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%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buffalo Lake	Sacred Heart
No high school diploma	11.9%	14.1%
High school graduate	34.0%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	40.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buffalo Lake	Sacred Heart
Drove alone	84.7%	76.4%
Carpooled	0.8%	12.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	5.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buffalo Lake	Sacred Heart
1-unit, detached	80.4%	84.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	11.4%
20 or more units	2.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Buffalo Lake	Sacred Heart
Poverty rate	17.4%	20.3%
Average household size	2.49	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	27	19
Median year structure built	1959	1952