Buffalo vs Jewett

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

Buffalo and Jewett 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 848 in Jewett). Jewett has the higher median household income ($53,056 vs $47,428 in Buffalo). Jewett has the higher median home value ($117,800 vs $62,300 in Buffalo).

Population, income & housing

	Buffalo	Jewett
Population	1,804	848
Median age	35.6 yrs	27.3 yrs
Median household income	$47,428	$53,056
Median home value	$62,300	$117,800
Median gross rent	$746	$755
Housing units	965	417
Homeownership rate	52.9%	61.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.7%	3.5%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	11.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buffalo	Jewett
Population	1,917 → 1,804 (-5.9%)	994 → 848 (-14.7%)
Median household income	$45,078 → $47,428 (+5.2%)	$37,292 → $53,056 (+42.3%)
Median home value	$91,700 → $62,300 (-32.1%)	$57,000 → $117,800 (+106.7%)
Median gross rent	$646 → $746 (+15.5%)	$753 → $755 (+0.3%)

Buffalo

Population

1,9171,804

Median household income

$45,078$47,428

Median home value

$91,700$62,300

Median gross rent

$646$746

Jewett

Population

994848

Median household income

$37,292$53,056

Median home value

$57,000$117,800

Median gross rent

$753$755

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buffalo	Jewett
Under 5	13.0%	4.8%
5 to 17	12.8%	29.0%
18 to 24	9.3%	12.6%
25 to 34	13.9%	14.7%
35 to 44	14.5%	11.1%
45 to 54	6.0%	6.1%
55 to 64	14.6%	16.3%
65 to 74	9.5%	3.1%
75 and over	6.4%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buffalo	Jewett
White (non-Hispanic)	55.8%	34.9%
Black or African American	17.1%	3.5%
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%	15.1%
Hispanic or Latino	26.8%	46.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buffalo	Jewett
No high school diploma	18.0%	26.4%
High school graduate	43.3%	48.7%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	21.4%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	0.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buffalo	Jewett
Drove alone	85.4%	67.7%
Carpooled	12.9%	18.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.3%	7.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	4.8%
Other means	0.8%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buffalo	Jewett
1-unit, detached	40.9%	49.2%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	9.6%
20 or more units	3.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	43.3%	32.9%

Poverty & households

	Buffalo	Jewett
Poverty rate	15.8%	31.5%
Average household size	2.22	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1987	1986