Buffalo vs Union

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

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

Union has the higher population (8,047 vs 1,232 in Buffalo). Union has the higher median household income ($34,112 vs $21,831 in Buffalo). Union has the higher median home value ($103,400 vs $44,400 in Buffalo).

Population, income & housing

	Buffalo	Union
Population	1,232	8,047
Median age	28.0 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	$21,831	$34,112
Median home value	$44,400	$103,400
Median gross rent	—	$789
Housing units	550	4,458
Homeownership rate	84.4%	50.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.0%	14.8%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	11.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buffalo	Union
Population	1,397 → 1,232 (-11.8%)	7,769 → 8,047 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$43,628 → $21,831 (-50.0%)	$33,218 → $34,112 (+2.7%)
Median home value	$45,500 → $44,400 (-2.4%)	$80,700 → $103,400 (+28.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$639 → $789 (+23.5%)

Buffalo

Population

1,3971,232

Median household income

$43,628$21,831

Median home value

$45,500$44,400

Union

Population

7,7698,047

Median household income

$33,218$34,112

Median home value

$80,700$103,400

Median gross rent

$639$789

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buffalo	Union
Under 5	10.7%	6.3%
5 to 17	30.0%	11.4%
18 to 24	1.1%	8.7%
25 to 34	15.3%	10.6%
35 to 44	10.6%	8.8%
45 to 54	17.8%	14.9%
55 to 64	6.3%	16.3%
65 to 74	5.4%	13.6%
75 and over	2.7%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buffalo	Union
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	49.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	44.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buffalo	Union
No high school diploma	19.1%	19.5%
High school graduate	33.7%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	42.2%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buffalo	Union
Drove alone	74.1%	77.1%
Carpooled	23.7%	17.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.5%
Other means	2.3%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buffalo	Union
1-unit, detached	55.6%	68.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.7%
Mobile home & other	44.4%	6.1%

Poverty & households

	Buffalo	Union
Poverty rate	43.6%	26.4%
Average household size	2.70	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1971	1965