Albertville vs Buffalo

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

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

Buffalo has the higher population (16,388 vs 8,066 in Albertville). Albertville has the higher median household income ($126,307 vs $88,306 in Buffalo). Albertville has the higher median home value ($326,400 vs $281,900 in Buffalo).

Population, income & housing

	Albertville	Buffalo
Population	8,066	16,388
Median age	37.4 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$126,307	$88,306
Median home value	$326,400	$281,900
Median gross rent	$1,385	$1,111
Housing units	3,037	6,468
Homeownership rate	88.1%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.3%	30.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Albertville	Buffalo
Population	7,436 → 8,066 (+8.5%)	16,210 → 16,388 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$85,357 → $126,307 (+48.0%)	$73,955 → $88,306 (+19.4%)
Median home value	$250,400 → $326,400 (+30.4%)	$203,700 → $281,900 (+38.4%)
Median gross rent	$970 → $1,385 (+42.8%)	$977 → $1,111 (+13.7%)

Albertville

Population

7,4368,066

Median household income

$85,357$126,307

Median home value

$250,400$326,400

Median gross rent

$970$1,385

Buffalo

Population

16,21016,388

Median household income

$73,955$88,306

Median home value

$203,700$281,900

Median gross rent

$977$1,111

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Albertville	Buffalo
Under 5	4.5%	6.2%
5 to 17	20.2%	18.4%
18 to 24	11.0%	7.9%
25 to 34	10.9%	11.2%
35 to 44	14.5%	14.4%
45 to 54	20.4%	13.8%
55 to 64	11.8%	11.1%
65 to 74	2.6%	9.5%
75 and over	4.1%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Albertville	Buffalo
White (non-Hispanic)	88.5%	92.0%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	1.0%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	6.4%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Albertville	Buffalo
No high school diploma	2.9%	6.4%
High school graduate	19.9%	26.1%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	27.4%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	11.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Albertville	Buffalo
Drove alone	76.1%	79.2%
Carpooled	7.1%	7.4%
Public transit	0.1%	0.2%
Walked	0.8%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	16.0%	11.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Albertville	Buffalo
1-unit, detached	72.7%	67.3%
1-unit, attached	19.2%	10.2%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	6.7%
20 or more units	5.8%	6.8%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Albertville	Buffalo
Poverty rate	0.6%	6.6%
Average household size	2.78	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	30	28
Median year structure built	1998	1993