Buffalo vs Camp Crook

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

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

Buffalo has the higher population (282 vs 35 in Camp Crook). Buffalo has the higher median household income ($81,607 vs $39,375 in Camp Crook). Buffalo has the higher median home value ($112,500 vs $66,100 in Camp Crook).

Population, income & housing

	Buffalo	Camp Crook
Population	282	35
Median age	54.6 yrs	56.5 yrs
Median household income	$81,607	$39,375
Median home value	$112,500	$66,100
Median gross rent	$583	—
Housing units	230	42
Homeownership rate	77.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buffalo	Camp Crook
Population	324 → 282 (-13.0%)	44 → 35 (-20.5%)
Median household income	$61,071 → $81,607 (+33.6%)	$60,000 → $39,375 (-34.4%)
Median home value	$85,700 → $112,500 (+31.3%)	$85,000 → $66,100 (-22.2%)
Median gross rent	$750 → $583 (-22.3%)	—

Buffalo

Population

324282

Median household income

$61,071$81,607

Median home value

$85,700$112,500

Median gross rent

$750$583

Camp Crook

Population

4435

Median household income

$60,000$39,375

Median home value

$85,000$66,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buffalo	Camp Crook
Under 5	2.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.4%	0.0%
18 to 24	3.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	11.7%	0.0%
35 to 44	5.3%	2.9%
45 to 54	16.0%	31.4%
55 to 64	30.1%	25.7%
65 to 74	14.2%	34.3%
75 and over	4.3%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buffalo	Camp Crook
White (non-Hispanic)	94.3%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buffalo	Camp Crook
No high school diploma	6.5%	0.0%
High school graduate	45.2%	54.3%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buffalo	Camp Crook
Drove alone	82.1%	100.0%
Carpooled	2.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buffalo	Camp Crook
1-unit, detached	80.0%	47.6%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.0%	52.4%

Poverty & households

	Buffalo	Camp Crook
Poverty rate	6.0%	14.3%
Average household size	1.75	1.30
Mean commute (minutes)	8	—
Median year structure built	1953	1976