Buffalo vs Carlisle

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

Buffalo and Carlisle are places in South Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Buffalo has the higher population (1,232 vs 438 in Carlisle). Carlisle has the higher median household income ($59,750 vs $21,831 in Buffalo). Carlisle has the higher median home value ($68,000 vs $44,400 in Buffalo).

Population, income & housing

	Buffalo	Carlisle
Population	1,232	438
Median age	28.0 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$21,831	$59,750
Median home value	$44,400	$68,000
Median gross rent	—	$871
Housing units	550	194
Homeownership rate	84.4%	72.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.0%	9.3%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buffalo	Carlisle
Population	1,397 → 1,232 (-11.8%)	383 → 438 (+14.4%)
Median household income	$43,628 → $21,831 (-50.0%)	$22,000 → $59,750 (+171.6%)
Median home value	$45,500 → $44,400 (-2.4%)	$48,700 → $68,000 (+39.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$763 → $871 (+14.2%)

Buffalo

Population

1,3971,232

Median household income

$43,628$21,831

Median home value

$45,500$44,400

Carlisle

Population

383438

Median household income

$22,000$59,750

Median home value

$48,700$68,000

Median gross rent

$763$871

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buffalo	Carlisle
Under 5	10.7%	3.4%
5 to 17	30.0%	14.2%
18 to 24	1.1%	20.8%
25 to 34	15.3%	10.7%
35 to 44	10.6%	10.3%
45 to 54	17.8%	11.2%
55 to 64	6.3%	18.7%
65 to 74	5.4%	6.4%
75 and over	2.7%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buffalo	Carlisle
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	11.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	86.3%
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%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buffalo	Carlisle
No high school diploma	19.1%	16.3%
High school graduate	33.7%	49.3%
Some college or associate's	42.2%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buffalo	Carlisle
Drove alone	74.1%	95.8%
Carpooled	23.7%	1.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.3%
Other means	2.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buffalo	Carlisle
1-unit, detached	55.6%	72.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	44.4%	27.3%

Poverty & households

	Buffalo	Carlisle
Poverty rate	43.6%	6.4%
Average household size	2.70	3.06
Mean commute (minutes)	25	40
Median year structure built	1971	1979