Buffalo vs St. Michael

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

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

St. Michael has the higher population (19,267 vs 16,388 in Buffalo). St. Michael has the higher median household income ($130,814 vs $88,306 in Buffalo). St. Michael has the higher median home value ($365,800 vs $281,900 in Buffalo).

Population, income & housing

	Buffalo	St. Michael
Population	16,388	19,267
Median age	38.7 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$88,306	$130,814
Median home value	$281,900	$365,800
Median gross rent	$1,111	$2,038
Housing units	6,468	7,129
Homeownership rate	76.7%	91.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.8%	44.3%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buffalo	St. Michael
Population	16,210 → 16,388 (+1.1%)	17,586 → 19,267 (+9.6%)
Median household income	$73,955 → $88,306 (+19.4%)	$114,015 → $130,814 (+14.7%)
Median home value	$203,700 → $281,900 (+38.4%)	$270,600 → $365,800 (+35.2%)
Median gross rent	$977 → $1,111 (+13.7%)	$1,078 → $2,038 (+89.1%)

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

St. Michael

Population

17,58619,267

Median household income

$114,015$130,814

Median home value

$270,600$365,800

Median gross rent

$1,078$2,038

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buffalo	St. Michael
Under 5	6.2%	5.7%
5 to 17	18.4%	23.0%
18 to 24	7.9%	6.3%
25 to 34	11.2%	11.8%
35 to 44	14.4%	15.7%
45 to 54	13.8%	15.2%
55 to 64	11.1%	12.8%
65 to 74	9.5%	5.7%
75 and over	7.5%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buffalo	St. Michael
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	87.3%
Black or African American	0.1%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.1%
Asian	1.8%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buffalo	St. Michael
No high school diploma	6.4%	1.6%
High school graduate	26.1%	21.5%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.5%	32.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buffalo	St. Michael
Drove alone	79.2%	75.6%
Carpooled	7.4%	7.7%
Public transit	0.2%	0.3%
Walked	0.9%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	15.9%
Other means	1.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buffalo	St. Michael
1-unit, detached	67.3%	82.1%
1-unit, attached	10.2%	13.9%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	0.5%
20 or more units	6.8%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Buffalo	St. Michael
Poverty rate	6.6%	4.0%
Average household size	2.54	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1993	1997