Abilene vs Buffalo Gap

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

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

Abilene has the higher population (127,130 vs 508 in Buffalo Gap). Buffalo Gap has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $62,720 in Abilene). Abilene has the higher median home value ($178,900 vs $178,100 in Buffalo Gap).

Population, income & housing

	Abilene	Buffalo Gap
Population	127,130	508
Median age	32.8 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$62,720	$63,750
Median home value	$178,900	$178,100
Median gross rent	$1,106	$1,055
Housing units	52,729	267
Homeownership rate	55.6%	70.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.1%	28.6%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Abilene	Buffalo Gap
Population	124,156 → 127,130 (+2.4%)	731 → 508 (-30.5%)
Median household income	$50,659 → $62,720 (+23.8%)	$48,438 → $63,750 (+31.6%)
Median home value	$120,400 → $178,900 (+48.6%)	$152,300 → $178,100 (+16.9%)
Median gross rent	$924 → $1,106 (+19.7%)	$693 → $1,055 (+52.2%)

Abilene

Population

124,156127,130

Median household income

$50,659$62,720

Median home value

$120,400$178,900

Median gross rent

$924$1,106

Buffalo Gap

Population

731508

Median household income

$48,438$63,750

Median home value

$152,300$178,100

Median gross rent

$693$1,055

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Abilene	Buffalo Gap
Under 5	6.5%	3.7%
5 to 17	16.6%	8.7%
18 to 24	15.1%	7.1%
25 to 34	15.4%	19.5%
35 to 44	13.4%	12.2%
45 to 54	8.8%	14.2%
55 to 64	10.4%	11.8%
65 to 74	7.4%	15.9%
75 and over	6.3%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Abilene	Buffalo Gap
White (non-Hispanic)	57.3%	87.6%
Black or African American	9.9%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	2.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.8%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	26.9%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Abilene	Buffalo Gap
No high school diploma	11.7%	3.7%
High school graduate	30.1%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	22.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Abilene	Buffalo Gap
Drove alone	77.8%	82.0%
Carpooled	10.0%	11.5%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	2.5%
Other means	0.9%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Abilene	Buffalo Gap
1-unit, detached	69.7%	88.0%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.4%	0.7%
20 or more units	5.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	11.2%

Poverty & households

	Abilene	Buffalo Gap
Poverty rate	14.8%	10.8%
Average household size	2.46	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	15	23
Median year structure built	1974	1972