Buffalo vs Centerville

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

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

Buffalo has the higher population (1,804 vs 946 in Centerville). Centerville has the higher median household income ($50,066 vs $47,428 in Buffalo). Centerville has the higher median home value ($158,300 vs $62,300 in Buffalo).

Population, income & housing

	Buffalo	Centerville
Population	1,804	946
Median age	35.6 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$47,428	$50,066
Median home value	$62,300	$158,300
Median gross rent	$746	$970
Housing units	965	482
Homeownership rate	52.9%	55.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.7%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buffalo	Centerville
Population	1,917 → 1,804 (-5.9%)	1,029 → 946 (-8.1%)
Median household income	$45,078 → $47,428 (+5.2%)	$31,458 → $50,066 (+59.2%)
Median home value	$91,700 → $62,300 (-32.1%)	$89,500 → $158,300 (+76.9%)
Median gross rent	$646 → $746 (+15.5%)	$790 → $970 (+22.8%)

Buffalo

Population

1,9171,804

Median household income

$45,078$47,428

Median home value

$91,700$62,300

Median gross rent

$646$746

Centerville

Population

1,029946

Median household income

$31,458$50,066

Median home value

$89,500$158,300

Median gross rent

$790$970

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buffalo	Centerville
Under 5	13.0%	3.8%
5 to 17	12.8%	20.6%
18 to 24	9.3%	10.3%
25 to 34	13.9%	13.2%
35 to 44	14.5%	14.2%
45 to 54	6.0%	7.8%
55 to 64	14.6%	13.0%
65 to 74	9.5%	10.9%
75 and over	6.4%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buffalo	Centerville
White (non-Hispanic)	55.8%	63.1%
Black or African American	17.1%	24.5%
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	0.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	26.8%	12.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buffalo	Centerville
No high school diploma	18.0%	15.5%
High school graduate	43.3%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buffalo	Centerville
Drove alone	85.4%	47.6%
Carpooled	12.9%	46.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	5.1%
Other means	0.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buffalo	Centerville
1-unit, detached	40.9%	53.1%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	3.1%
20 or more units	3.8%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	43.3%	31.3%

Poverty & households

	Buffalo	Centerville
Poverty rate	15.8%	8.2%
Average household size	2.22	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1987	1979