Buffalo Gap vs Tuscola

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

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

Tuscola has the higher population (989 vs 508 in Buffalo Gap). Tuscola has the higher median household income ($76,250 vs $63,750 in Buffalo Gap). Buffalo Gap has the higher median home value ($178,100 vs $143,300 in Tuscola).

Population, income & housing

	Buffalo Gap	Tuscola
Population	508	989
Median age	43.6 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	$76,250
Median home value	$178,100	$143,300
Median gross rent	$1,055	$1,283
Housing units	267	371
Homeownership rate	70.6%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.6%	24.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buffalo Gap	Tuscola
Population	731 → 508 (-30.5%)	731 → 989 (+35.3%)
Median household income	$48,438 → $63,750 (+31.6%)	$53,409 → $76,250 (+42.8%)
Median home value	$152,300 → $178,100 (+16.9%)	$105,800 → $143,300 (+35.4%)
Median gross rent	$693 → $1,055 (+52.2%)	$1,057 → $1,283 (+21.4%)

Buffalo Gap

Population

731508

Median household income

$48,438$63,750

Median home value

$152,300$178,100

Median gross rent

$693$1,055

Tuscola

Population

731989

Median household income

$53,409$76,250

Median home value

$105,800$143,300

Median gross rent

$1,057$1,283

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buffalo Gap	Tuscola
Under 5	3.7%	6.8%
5 to 17	8.7%	21.7%
18 to 24	7.1%	8.5%
25 to 34	19.5%	17.5%
35 to 44	12.2%	12.9%
45 to 54	14.2%	11.3%
55 to 64	11.8%	11.0%
65 to 74	15.9%	3.9%
75 and over	6.9%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buffalo Gap	Tuscola
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	80.3%
Black or African American	2.6%	6.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buffalo Gap	Tuscola
No high school diploma	3.7%	15.1%
High school graduate	39.6%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	22.7%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buffalo Gap	Tuscola
Drove alone	82.0%	88.9%
Carpooled	11.5%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	2.6%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buffalo Gap	Tuscola
1-unit, detached	88.0%	94.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
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%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Buffalo Gap	Tuscola
Poverty rate	10.8%	8.0%
Average household size	2.20	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1972	1976