Buffalo vs Monarch Mill

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

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

Monarch Mill has the higher population (1,828 vs 1,232 in Buffalo). Monarch Mill has the higher median household income ($39,212 vs $21,831 in Buffalo). Monarch Mill has the higher median home value ($79,500 vs $44,400 in Buffalo).

Population, income & housing

	Buffalo	Monarch Mill
Population	1,232	1,828
Median age	28.0 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$21,831	$39,212
Median home value	$44,400	$79,500
Median gross rent	—	$679
Housing units	550	846
Homeownership rate	84.4%	69.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.0%	6.2%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buffalo	Monarch Mill
Population	1,397 → 1,232 (-11.8%)	1,452 → 1,828 (+25.9%)
Median household income	$43,628 → $21,831 (-50.0%)	$38,750 → $39,212 (+1.2%)
Median home value	$45,500 → $44,400 (-2.4%)	$53,400 → $79,500 (+48.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$924 → $679 (-26.5%)

Buffalo

Population

1,3971,232

Median household income

$43,628$21,831

Median home value

$45,500$44,400

Monarch Mill

Population

1,4521,828

Median household income

$38,750$39,212

Median home value

$53,400$79,500

Median gross rent

$924$679

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buffalo	Monarch Mill
Under 5	10.7%	9.0%
5 to 17	30.0%	14.8%
18 to 24	1.1%	10.6%
25 to 34	15.3%	16.4%
35 to 44	10.6%	9.4%
45 to 54	17.8%	10.8%
55 to 64	6.3%	12.0%
65 to 74	5.4%	8.3%
75 and over	2.7%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buffalo	Monarch Mill
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	67.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	16.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	15.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buffalo	Monarch Mill
No high school diploma	19.1%	18.5%
High school graduate	33.7%	46.0%
Some college or associate's	42.2%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	4.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buffalo	Monarch Mill
Drove alone	74.1%	69.2%
Carpooled	23.7%	26.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.8%
Other means	2.3%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buffalo	Monarch Mill
1-unit, detached	55.6%	74.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	44.4%	18.1%

Poverty & households

	Buffalo	Monarch Mill
Poverty rate	43.6%	24.9%
Average household size	2.70	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1971	1966