Buffalo vs Leonard

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

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

Leonard has the higher population (244 vs 213 in Buffalo). Buffalo has the higher median household income ($99,583 vs $72,917 in Leonard). Buffalo has the higher median home value ($166,700 vs $158,100 in Leonard).

Population, income & housing

	Buffalo	Leonard
Population	213	244
Median age	36.9 yrs	48.4 yrs
Median household income	$99,583	$72,917
Median home value	$166,700	$158,100
Median gross rent	$575	$580
Housing units	93	130
Homeownership rate	90.2%	80.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.1%	23.3%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buffalo	Leonard
Population	193 → 213 (+10.4%)	286 → 244 (-14.7%)
Median household income	$69,375 → $99,583 (+43.5%)	$64,306 → $72,917 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$125,000 → $166,700 (+33.4%)	$135,100 → $158,100 (+17.0%)
Median gross rent	$466 → $575 (+23.4%)	$617 → $580 (-6.0%)

Buffalo

Population

193213

Median household income

$69,375$99,583

Median home value

$125,000$166,700

Median gross rent

$466$575

Leonard

Population

286244

Median household income

$64,306$72,917

Median home value

$135,100$158,100

Median gross rent

$617$580

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buffalo	Leonard
Under 5	4.7%	1.2%
5 to 17	28.2%	15.6%
18 to 24	4.2%	0.4%
25 to 34	11.3%	9.8%
35 to 44	14.6%	13.9%
45 to 54	11.3%	18.9%
55 to 64	11.7%	16.4%
65 to 74	8.0%	13.5%
75 and over	6.1%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buffalo	Leonard
White (non-Hispanic)	80.3%	96.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	0.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.3%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	15.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buffalo	Leonard
No high school diploma	4.5%	6.9%
High school graduate	11.9%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	51.5%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	22.4%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buffalo	Leonard
Drove alone	83.6%	68.3%
Carpooled	2.7%	13.8%
Public transit	0.0%	4.9%
Walked	3.6%	8.9%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buffalo	Leonard
1-unit, detached	87.1%	77.7%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	14.6%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Buffalo	Leonard
Poverty rate	4.7%	4.5%
Average household size	2.60	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	31	27
Median year structure built	1962	1971