Buford vs Mowrystown

A side-by-side comparison of Buford and Mowrystown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mowrystown has the higher population (522 vs 488 in Buford). Buford has the higher median household income ($83,750 vs $73,833 in Mowrystown). Buford has the higher median home value ($152,900 vs $81,800 in Mowrystown).

Population, income & housing

	Buford	Mowrystown
Population	488	522
Median age	26.8 yrs	29.9 yrs
Median household income	$83,750	$73,833
Median home value	$152,900	$81,800
Median gross rent	—	$793
Housing units	172	181
Homeownership rate	95.3%	70.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.1%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	21.5%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buford	Mowrystown
Population	190 → 488 (+156.8%)	361 → 522 (+44.6%)
Median household income	$73,378 → $83,750 (+14.1%)	$42,411 → $73,833 (+74.1%)
Median home value	$138,900 → $152,900 (+10.1%)	$67,300 → $81,800 (+21.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$658 → $793 (+20.5%)

Buford

Population

190488

Median household income

$73,378$83,750

Median home value

$138,900$152,900

Mowrystown

Population

361522

Median household income

$42,411$73,833

Median home value

$67,300$81,800

Median gross rent

$658$793

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buford	Mowrystown
Under 5	11.5%	1.1%
5 to 17	16.4%	29.7%
18 to 24	11.7%	6.5%
25 to 34	25.4%	16.3%
35 to 44	12.5%	15.7%
45 to 54	14.3%	10.7%
55 to 64	3.1%	15.5%
65 to 74	0.0%	2.3%
75 and over	5.1%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buford	Mowrystown
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	95.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
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%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buford	Mowrystown
No high school diploma	0.0%	26.3%
High school graduate	16.3%	36.4%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	41.0%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buford	Mowrystown
Drove alone	100.0%	87.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	1.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buford	Mowrystown
1-unit, detached	100.0%	80.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	12.7%

Poverty & households

	Buford	Mowrystown
Poverty rate	0.0%	34.5%
Average household size	2.84	3.14
Mean commute (minutes)	35	37
Median year structure built	1938	1938