Buffalo vs Delano

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

Buffalo and Delano 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 6,712 in Delano). Delano has the higher median household income ($118,091 vs $88,306 in Buffalo). Delano has the higher median home value ($347,500 vs $281,900 in Buffalo).

Population, income & housing

	Buffalo	Delano
Population	16,388	6,712
Median age	38.7 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$88,306	$118,091
Median home value	$281,900	$347,500
Median gross rent	$1,111	$909
Housing units	6,468	2,579
Homeownership rate	76.7%	77.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.8%	44.7%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buffalo	Delano
Population	16,210 → 16,388 (+1.1%)	6,085 → 6,712 (+10.3%)
Median household income	$73,955 → $88,306 (+19.4%)	$101,798 → $118,091 (+16.0%)
Median home value	$203,700 → $281,900 (+38.4%)	$258,700 → $347,500 (+34.3%)
Median gross rent	$977 → $1,111 (+13.7%)	$851 → $909 (+6.8%)

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

Delano

Population

6,0856,712

Median household income

$101,798$118,091

Median home value

$258,700$347,500

Median gross rent

$851$909

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buffalo	Delano
Under 5	6.2%	8.7%
5 to 17	18.4%	22.4%
18 to 24	7.9%	5.3%
25 to 34	11.2%	11.5%
35 to 44	14.4%	16.3%
45 to 54	13.8%	10.9%
55 to 64	11.1%	11.8%
65 to 74	9.5%	6.2%
75 and over	7.5%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buffalo	Delano
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	94.5%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buffalo	Delano
No high school diploma	6.4%	2.4%
High school graduate	26.1%	23.4%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	19.5%	35.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buffalo	Delano
Drove alone	79.2%	76.6%
Carpooled	7.4%	5.3%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	15.4%
Other means	1.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buffalo	Delano
1-unit, detached	67.3%	76.5%
1-unit, attached	10.2%	5.6%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	6.8%
20 or more units	6.8%	9.5%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Buffalo	Delano
Poverty rate	6.6%	3.2%
Average household size	2.54	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	28	29
Median year structure built	1993	1994