Buffalo vs Lore City

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

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

Buffalo has the higher population (748 vs 375 in Lore City). Buffalo has the higher median household income ($80,602 vs $56,875 in Lore City). Lore City has the higher median home value ($115,000 vs $78,400 in Buffalo).

Population, income & housing

	Buffalo	Lore City
Population	748	375
Median age	21.7 yrs	27.5 yrs
Median household income	$80,602	$56,875
Median home value	$78,400	$115,000
Median gross rent	—	$857
Housing units	224	158
Homeownership rate	74.6%	68.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buffalo	Lore City
Population	341 → 748 (+119.4%)	313 → 375 (+19.8%)
Median household income	$34,500 → $80,602 (+133.6%)	$49,667 → $56,875 (+14.5%)
Median home value	$64,700 → $78,400 (+21.2%)	$73,900 → $115,000 (+55.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$720 → $857 (+19.0%)

Buffalo

Population

341748

Median household income

$34,500$80,602

Median home value

$64,700$78,400

Lore City

Population

313375

Median household income

$49,667$56,875

Median home value

$73,900$115,000

Median gross rent

$720$857

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buffalo	Lore City
Under 5	4.7%	16.3%
5 to 17	36.6%	12.5%
18 to 24	10.7%	11.5%
25 to 34	3.2%	18.7%
35 to 44	22.1%	9.3%
45 to 54	5.5%	10.9%
55 to 64	7.6%	7.5%
65 to 74	7.6%	8.5%
75 and over	2.0%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buffalo	Lore City
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	93.1%
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	0.0%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buffalo	Lore City
No high school diploma	7.0%	28.6%
High school graduate	53.2%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	17.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buffalo	Lore City
Drove alone	100.0%	76.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	15.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buffalo	Lore City
1-unit, detached	64.7%	88.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	35.3%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Buffalo	Lore City
Poverty rate	13.8%	22.7%
Average household size	3.96	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	18	19
Median year structure built	1990	1938