Buffalo vs Hilltop Lakes

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

Buffalo and Hilltop Lakes 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 803 in Hilltop Lakes). Hilltop Lakes has the higher median household income ($100,775 vs $47,428 in Buffalo). Hilltop Lakes has the higher median home value ($265,800 vs $62,300 in Buffalo).

Population, income & housing

	Buffalo	Hilltop Lakes
Population	1,804	803
Median age	35.6 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$47,428	$100,775
Median home value	$62,300	$265,800
Median gross rent	$746	—
Housing units	965	363
Homeownership rate	52.9%	88.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.7%	55.8%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buffalo	Hilltop Lakes
Population	1,917 → 1,804 (-5.9%)	790 → 803 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$45,078 → $47,428 (+5.2%)	$34,858 → $100,775 (+189.1%)
Median home value	$91,700 → $62,300 (-32.1%)	$149,800 → $265,800 (+77.4%)
Median gross rent	$646 → $746 (+15.5%)	$776 → $560 (-27.8%)

Buffalo

Population

1,9171,804

Median household income

$45,078$47,428

Median home value

$91,700$62,300

Median gross rent

$646$746

Hilltop Lakes

Population

790803

Median household income

$34,858$100,775

Median home value

$149,800$265,800

Median gross rent

$776$560

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buffalo	Hilltop Lakes
Under 5	13.0%	10.0%
5 to 17	12.8%	10.0%
18 to 24	9.3%	3.2%
25 to 34	13.9%	13.4%
35 to 44	14.5%	7.3%
45 to 54	6.0%	13.7%
55 to 64	14.6%	23.5%
65 to 74	9.5%	10.7%
75 and over	6.4%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buffalo	Hilltop Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	55.8%	69.7%
Black or African American	17.1%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	26.8%	30.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buffalo	Hilltop Lakes
No high school diploma	18.0%	2.4%
High school graduate	43.3%	26.9%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	14.9%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	27.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	28.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buffalo	Hilltop Lakes
Drove alone	85.4%	100.0%
Carpooled	12.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buffalo	Hilltop Lakes
1-unit, detached	40.9%	87.9%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	43.3%	7.4%

Poverty & households

	Buffalo	Hilltop Lakes
Poverty rate	15.8%	14.9%
Average household size	2.22	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	27	34
Median year structure built	1987	1995