Buffalo vs Urbana

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

Buffalo and Urbana 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 474 in Urbana). Urbana has the higher median household income ($36,563 vs $32,630 in Buffalo). Buffalo has the higher median home value ($131,300 vs $80,000 in Urbana).

Population, income & housing

	Buffalo	Urbana
Population	3,358	474
Median age	32.0 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$32,630	$36,563
Median home value	$131,300	$80,000
Median gross rent	$647	$625
Housing units	1,580	202
Homeownership rate	39.9%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.6%	5.3%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buffalo	Urbana
Population	3,047 → 3,358 (+10.2%)	361 → 474 (+31.3%)
Median household income	$23,442 → $32,630 (+39.2%)	$32,656 → $36,563 (+12.0%)
Median home value	$96,500 → $131,300 (+36.1%)	$71,700 → $80,000 (+11.6%)
Median gross rent	$757 → $647 (-14.5%)	$600 → $625 (+4.2%)

Buffalo

Population

3,0473,358

Median household income

$23,442$32,630

Median home value

$96,500$131,300

Median gross rent

$757$647

Urbana

Population

361474

Median household income

$32,656$36,563

Median home value

$71,700$80,000

Median gross rent

$600$625

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buffalo	Urbana
Under 5	7.3%	1.3%
5 to 17	16.1%	18.1%
18 to 24	12.2%	9.3%
25 to 34	16.0%	6.3%
35 to 44	9.1%	8.9%
45 to 54	11.0%	26.6%
55 to 64	14.8%	16.2%
65 to 74	4.4%	10.3%
75 and over	9.2%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buffalo	Urbana
White (non-Hispanic)	90.1%	89.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buffalo	Urbana
No high school diploma	9.6%	24.0%
High school graduate	44.9%	41.7%
Some college or associate's	20.9%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	15.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buffalo	Urbana
Drove alone	89.0%	76.3%
Carpooled	5.5%	19.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	0.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buffalo	Urbana
1-unit, detached	70.3%	69.3%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	19.2%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	20.3%

Poverty & households

	Buffalo	Urbana
Poverty rate	38.2%	27.1%
Average household size	2.30	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	32	40
Median year structure built	1974	1975