Buffalo vs Otsego

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

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

Otsego has the higher population (21,358 vs 16,388 in Buffalo). Otsego has the higher median household income ($127,219 vs $88,306 in Buffalo). Otsego has the higher median home value ($367,200 vs $281,900 in Buffalo).

Population, income & housing

	Buffalo	Otsego
Population	16,388	21,358
Median age	38.7 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$88,306	$127,219
Median home value	$281,900	$367,200
Median gross rent	$1,111	$1,696
Housing units	6,468	7,240
Homeownership rate	76.7%	91.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.8%	41.8%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buffalo	Otsego
Population	16,210 → 16,388 (+1.1%)	16,763 → 21,358 (+27.4%)
Median household income	$73,955 → $88,306 (+19.4%)	$105,290 → $127,219 (+20.8%)
Median home value	$203,700 → $281,900 (+38.4%)	$261,600 → $367,200 (+40.4%)
Median gross rent	$977 → $1,111 (+13.7%)	$1,362 → $1,696 (+24.5%)

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

Otsego

Population

16,76321,358

Median household income

$105,290$127,219

Median home value

$261,600$367,200

Median gross rent

$1,362$1,696

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buffalo	Otsego
Under 5	6.2%	7.9%
5 to 17	18.4%	22.9%
18 to 24	7.9%	5.9%
25 to 34	11.2%	14.2%
35 to 44	14.4%	17.0%
45 to 54	13.8%	11.7%
55 to 64	11.1%	9.5%
65 to 74	9.5%	7.1%
75 and over	7.5%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buffalo	Otsego
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	82.6%
Black or African American	0.1%	6.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.6%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buffalo	Otsego
No high school diploma	6.4%	3.3%
High school graduate	26.1%	19.2%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	19.5%	31.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buffalo	Otsego
Drove alone	79.2%	76.3%
Carpooled	7.4%	8.9%
Public transit	0.2%	0.6%
Walked	0.9%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	13.4%
Other means	1.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buffalo	Otsego
1-unit, detached	67.3%	78.1%
1-unit, attached	10.2%	18.3%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	0.5%
20 or more units	6.8%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Buffalo	Otsego
Poverty rate	6.6%	0.8%
Average household size	2.54	3.02
Mean commute (minutes)	28	32
Median year structure built	1993	2007