Buffalo Springs Lake vs Idalou

A side-by-side comparison of Buffalo Springs Lake and Idalou: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Idalou has the higher population (2,389 vs 525 in Buffalo Springs Lake). Idalou has the higher median household income ($70,655 vs $70,625 in Buffalo Springs Lake). Buffalo Springs Lake has the higher median home value ($229,000 vs $175,700 in Idalou).

Population, income & housing

	Buffalo Springs Lake	Idalou
Population	525	2,389
Median age	52.5 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$70,625	$70,655
Median home value	$229,000	$175,700
Median gross rent	—	$672
Housing units	416	1,008
Homeownership rate	97.2%	68.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buffalo Springs Lake	Idalou
Population	428 → 525 (+22.7%)	2,018 → 2,389 (+18.4%)
Median household income	$61,389 → $70,625 (+15.0%)	$58,077 → $70,655 (+21.7%)
Median home value	$148,100 → $229,000 (+54.6%)	$109,300 → $175,700 (+60.8%)
Median gross rent	$2,115 → $2,096 (-0.9%)	$480 → $672 (+40.0%)

Buffalo Springs Lake

Population

428525

Median household income

$61,389$70,625

Median home value

$148,100$229,000

Median gross rent

$2,115$2,096

Idalou

Population

2,0182,389

Median household income

$58,077$70,655

Median home value

$109,300$175,700

Median gross rent

$480$672

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buffalo Springs Lake	Idalou
Under 5	1.1%	5.3%
5 to 17	14.9%	23.0%
18 to 24	6.7%	5.3%
25 to 34	2.7%	13.2%
35 to 44	18.7%	9.2%
45 to 54	10.7%	10.4%
55 to 64	19.2%	12.2%
65 to 74	19.6%	7.2%
75 and over	6.5%	14.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buffalo Springs Lake	Idalou
White (non-Hispanic)	65.1%	41.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	31.6%	57.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buffalo Springs Lake	Idalou
No high school diploma	6.2%	13.4%
High school graduate	22.4%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	41.1%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	25.6%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buffalo Springs Lake	Idalou
Drove alone	90.0%	79.5%
Carpooled	3.0%	14.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	5.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buffalo Springs Lake	Idalou
1-unit, detached	99.3%	84.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Buffalo Springs Lake	Idalou
Poverty rate	2.1%	13.1%
Average household size	2.08	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1960	1973