Buffalo vs Frontier

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

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

Buffalo has the higher population (213 vs 160 in Frontier). Frontier has the higher median household income ($127,813 vs $99,583 in Buffalo). Frontier has the higher median home value ($370,800 vs $166,700 in Buffalo).

Population, income & housing

	Buffalo	Frontier
Population	213	160
Median age	36.9 yrs	59.2 yrs
Median household income	$99,583	$127,813
Median home value	$166,700	$370,800
Median gross rent	$575	—
Housing units	93	72
Homeownership rate	90.2%	98.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.1%	32.9%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buffalo	Frontier
Population	193 → 213 (+10.4%)	168 → 160 (-4.8%)
Median household income	$69,375 → $99,583 (+43.5%)	$119,000 → $127,813 (+7.4%)
Median home value	$125,000 → $166,700 (+33.4%)	$296,400 → $370,800 (+25.1%)
Median gross rent	$466 → $575 (+23.4%)	—

Buffalo

Population

193213

Median household income

$69,375$99,583

Median home value

$125,000$166,700

Median gross rent

$466$575

Frontier

Population

168160

Median household income

$119,000$127,813

Median home value

$296,400$370,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buffalo	Frontier
Under 5	4.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	28.2%	0.0%
18 to 24	4.2%	12.5%
25 to 34	11.3%	5.0%
35 to 44	14.6%	2.5%
45 to 54	11.3%	20.0%
55 to 64	11.7%	26.3%
65 to 74	8.0%	28.7%
75 and over	6.1%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buffalo	Frontier
White (non-Hispanic)	80.3%	99.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	15.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buffalo	Frontier
No high school diploma	4.5%	0.0%
High school graduate	11.9%	14.3%
Some college or associate's	51.5%	52.9%
Bachelor's degree	22.4%	23.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buffalo	Frontier
Drove alone	83.6%	87.9%
Carpooled	2.7%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.9%	1.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	7.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buffalo	Frontier
1-unit, detached	87.1%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Buffalo	Frontier
Poverty rate	4.7%	0.6%
Average household size	2.60	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	31	42
Median year structure built	1962	1982