Buffalo vs Oakwood

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

Buffalo and Oakwood 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 510 in Oakwood). Oakwood has the higher median household income ($65,714 vs $47,428 in Buffalo). Oakwood has the higher median home value ($102,000 vs $62,300 in Buffalo).

Population, income & housing

	Buffalo	Oakwood
Population	1,804	510
Median age	35.6 yrs	51.5 yrs
Median household income	$47,428	$65,714
Median home value	$62,300	$102,000
Median gross rent	$746	$945
Housing units	965	263
Homeownership rate	52.9%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.7%	5.0%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buffalo	Oakwood
Population	1,917 → 1,804 (-5.9%)	787 → 510 (-35.2%)
Median household income	$45,078 → $47,428 (+5.2%)	$42,841 → $65,714 (+53.4%)
Median home value	$91,700 → $62,300 (-32.1%)	$71,900 → $102,000 (+41.9%)
Median gross rent	$646 → $746 (+15.5%)	$865 → $945 (+9.2%)

Buffalo

Population

1,9171,804

Median household income

$45,078$47,428

Median home value

$91,700$62,300

Median gross rent

$646$746

Oakwood

Population

787510

Median household income

$42,841$65,714

Median home value

$71,900$102,000

Median gross rent

$865$945

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buffalo	Oakwood
Under 5	13.0%	1.6%
5 to 17	12.8%	29.0%
18 to 24	9.3%	2.4%
25 to 34	13.9%	3.3%
35 to 44	14.5%	5.9%
45 to 54	6.0%	12.2%
55 to 64	14.6%	5.5%
65 to 74	9.5%	30.8%
75 and over	6.4%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buffalo	Oakwood
White (non-Hispanic)	55.8%	63.3%
Black or African American	17.1%	29.6%
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%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	26.8%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buffalo	Oakwood
No high school diploma	18.0%	8.5%
High school graduate	43.3%	47.7%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	38.9%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	2.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buffalo	Oakwood
Drove alone	85.4%	87.1%
Carpooled	12.9%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	8.8%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buffalo	Oakwood
1-unit, detached	40.9%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	43.3%	24.3%

Poverty & households

	Buffalo	Oakwood
Poverty rate	15.8%	23.1%
Average household size	2.22	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	1987	1964