Buffalo vs Louisburg

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

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

Buffalo has the higher population (3,358 vs 135 in Louisburg). Louisburg has the higher median household income ($52,813 vs $32,630 in Buffalo). Buffalo has the higher median home value ($131,300 vs $59,200 in Louisburg).

Population, income & housing

	Buffalo	Louisburg
Population	3,358	135
Median age	32.0 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$32,630	$52,813
Median home value	$131,300	$59,200
Median gross rent	$647	$1,042
Housing units	1,580	64
Homeownership rate	39.9%	71.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.6%	13.7%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buffalo	Louisburg
Population	3,047 → 3,358 (+10.2%)	75 → 135 (+80.0%)
Median household income	$23,442 → $32,630 (+39.2%)	$28,750 → $52,813 (+83.7%)
Median home value	$96,500 → $131,300 (+36.1%)	$74,300 → $59,200 (-20.3%)
Median gross rent	$757 → $647 (-14.5%)	$475 → $1,042 (+119.4%)

Buffalo

Population

3,0473,358

Median household income

$23,442$32,630

Median home value

$96,500$131,300

Median gross rent

$757$647

Louisburg

Population

75135

Median household income

$28,750$52,813

Median home value

$74,300$59,200

Median gross rent

$475$1,042

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buffalo	Louisburg
Under 5	7.3%	9.6%
5 to 17	16.1%	14.8%
18 to 24	12.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	16.0%	21.5%
35 to 44	9.1%	17.0%
45 to 54	11.0%	0.7%
55 to 64	14.8%	17.0%
65 to 74	4.4%	14.8%
75 and over	9.2%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buffalo	Louisburg
White (non-Hispanic)	90.1%	80.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	18.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buffalo	Louisburg
No high school diploma	9.6%	7.8%
High school graduate	44.9%	41.2%
Some college or associate's	20.9%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	15.8%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buffalo	Louisburg
Drove alone	89.0%	76.6%
Carpooled	5.5%	10.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	2.1%
Other means	0.0%	8.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buffalo	Louisburg
1-unit, detached	70.3%	98.4%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	19.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Buffalo	Louisburg
Poverty rate	38.2%	23.7%
Average household size	2.30	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	32	46
Median year structure built	1974	1968