Buffalo Springs Lake vs Slaton

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

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

Slaton has the higher population (5,811 vs 525 in Buffalo Springs Lake). Buffalo Springs Lake has the higher median household income ($70,625 vs $54,380 in Slaton). Buffalo Springs Lake has the higher median home value ($229,000 vs $86,400 in Slaton).

Population, income & housing

	Buffalo Springs Lake	Slaton
Population	525	5,811
Median age	52.5 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$70,625	$54,380
Median home value	$229,000	$86,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,042
Housing units	416	2,271
Homeownership rate	97.2%	71.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3%	11.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buffalo Springs Lake	Slaton
Population	428 → 525 (+22.7%)	5,960 → 5,811 (-2.5%)
Median household income	$61,389 → $70,625 (+15.0%)	$36,295 → $54,380 (+49.8%)
Median home value	$148,100 → $229,000 (+54.6%)	$74,100 → $86,400 (+16.6%)
Median gross rent	$2,115 → $2,096 (-0.9%)	$761 → $1,042 (+36.9%)

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

Slaton

Population

5,9605,811

Median household income

$36,295$54,380

Median home value

$74,100$86,400

Median gross rent

$761$1,042

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buffalo Springs Lake	Slaton
Under 5	1.1%	7.6%
5 to 17	14.9%	20.8%
18 to 24	6.7%	9.5%
25 to 34	2.7%	13.9%
35 to 44	18.7%	11.1%
45 to 54	10.7%	9.5%
55 to 64	19.2%	13.5%
65 to 74	19.6%	8.9%
75 and over	6.5%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buffalo Springs Lake	Slaton
White (non-Hispanic)	65.1%	45.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	7.4%
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%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	31.6%	46.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buffalo Springs Lake	Slaton
No high school diploma	6.2%	17.4%
High school graduate	22.4%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	41.1%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	25.6%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buffalo Springs Lake	Slaton
Drove alone	90.0%	83.0%
Carpooled	3.0%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buffalo Springs Lake	Slaton
1-unit, detached	99.3%	79.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	13.1%

Poverty & households

	Buffalo Springs Lake	Slaton
Poverty rate	2.1%	16.1%
Average household size	2.08	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	26	20
Median year structure built	1960	1963