Buffalo Gap vs Potosi

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

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

Potosi has the higher population (4,524 vs 508 in Buffalo Gap). Potosi has the higher median household income ($113,340 vs $63,750 in Buffalo Gap). Potosi has the higher median home value ($298,000 vs $178,100 in Buffalo Gap).

Population, income & housing

	Buffalo Gap	Potosi
Population	508	4,524
Median age	43.6 yrs	33.7 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	$113,340
Median home value	$178,100	$298,000
Median gross rent	$1,055	$1,438
Housing units	267	1,668
Homeownership rate	70.6%	83.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.6%	38.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buffalo Gap	Potosi
Population	731 → 508 (-30.5%)	3,677 → 4,524 (+23.0%)
Median household income	$48,438 → $63,750 (+31.6%)	$76,976 → $113,340 (+47.2%)
Median home value	$152,300 → $178,100 (+16.9%)	$214,900 → $298,000 (+38.7%)
Median gross rent	$693 → $1,055 (+52.2%)	$1,184 → $1,438 (+21.5%)

Buffalo Gap

Population

731508

Median household income

$48,438$63,750

Median home value

$152,300$178,100

Median gross rent

$693$1,055

Potosi

Population

3,6774,524

Median household income

$76,976$113,340

Median home value

$214,900$298,000

Median gross rent

$1,184$1,438

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buffalo Gap	Potosi
Under 5	3.7%	7.2%
5 to 17	8.7%	22.7%
18 to 24	7.1%	8.4%
25 to 34	19.5%	13.2%
35 to 44	12.2%	8.3%
45 to 54	14.2%	17.3%
55 to 64	11.8%	9.8%
65 to 74	15.9%	7.8%
75 and over	6.9%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buffalo Gap	Potosi
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	58.7%
Black or African American	2.6%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	4.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	34.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buffalo Gap	Potosi
No high school diploma	3.7%	2.9%
High school graduate	39.6%	12.0%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	46.9%
Bachelor's degree	22.7%	22.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	15.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buffalo Gap	Potosi
Drove alone	82.0%	88.3%
Carpooled	11.5%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	2.9%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buffalo Gap	Potosi
1-unit, detached	88.0%	83.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.2%	14.7%

Poverty & households

	Buffalo Gap	Potosi
Poverty rate	10.8%	2.8%
Average household size	2.20	3.37
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1972	2003