Buffalo vs Lockhart

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

Buffalo and Lockhart 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 411 in Lockhart). Lockhart has the higher median household income ($37,188 vs $21,831 in Buffalo). Buffalo has the higher median home value ($44,400 vs $34,900 in Lockhart).

Population, income & housing

	Buffalo	Lockhart
Population	1,232	411
Median age	28.0 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$21,831	$37,188
Median home value	$44,400	$34,900
Median gross rent	—	$744
Housing units	550	208
Homeownership rate	84.4%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.0%	9.5%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buffalo	Lockhart
Population	1,397 → 1,232 (-11.8%)	390 → 411 (+5.4%)
Median household income	$43,628 → $21,831 (-50.0%)	$31,667 → $37,188 (+17.4%)
Median home value	$45,500 → $44,400 (-2.4%)	$40,400 → $34,900 (-13.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$644 → $744 (+15.5%)

Buffalo

Population

1,3971,232

Median household income

$43,628$21,831

Median home value

$45,500$44,400

Lockhart

Population

390411

Median household income

$31,667$37,188

Median home value

$40,400$34,900

Median gross rent

$644$744

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buffalo	Lockhart
Under 5	10.7%	4.6%
5 to 17	30.0%	18.7%
18 to 24	1.1%	5.1%
25 to 34	15.3%	18.7%
35 to 44	10.6%	4.4%
45 to 54	17.8%	12.2%
55 to 64	6.3%	9.5%
65 to 74	5.4%	10.7%
75 and over	2.7%	16.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buffalo	Lockhart
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	85.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.6%
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%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	7.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buffalo	Lockhart
No high school diploma	19.1%	16.0%
High school graduate	33.7%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	42.2%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buffalo	Lockhart
Drove alone	74.1%	89.4%
Carpooled	23.7%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.0%
Other means	2.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buffalo	Lockhart
1-unit, detached	55.6%	97.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
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%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Buffalo	Lockhart
Poverty rate	43.6%	13.2%
Average household size	2.70	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	25	34
Median year structure built	1971	1938