Buffalo Gap vs Tye

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

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

Tye has the higher population (933 vs 508 in Buffalo Gap). Buffalo Gap has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $54,038 in Tye). Buffalo Gap has the higher median home value ($178,100 vs $58,000 in Tye).

Population, income & housing

	Buffalo Gap	Tye
Population	508	933
Median age	43.6 yrs	49.7 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	$54,038
Median home value	$178,100	$58,000
Median gross rent	$1,055	$950
Housing units	267	493
Homeownership rate	70.6%	85.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.6%	6.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buffalo Gap	Tye
Population	731 → 508 (-30.5%)	1,206 → 933 (-22.6%)
Median household income	$48,438 → $63,750 (+31.6%)	$45,111 → $54,038 (+19.8%)
Median home value	$152,300 → $178,100 (+16.9%)	$68,100 → $58,000 (-14.8%)
Median gross rent	$693 → $1,055 (+52.2%)	$857 → $950 (+10.9%)

Buffalo Gap

Population

731508

Median household income

$48,438$63,750

Median home value

$152,300$178,100

Median gross rent

$693$1,055

Tye

Population

1,206933

Median household income

$45,111$54,038

Median home value

$68,100$58,000

Median gross rent

$857$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buffalo Gap	Tye
Under 5	3.7%	2.7%
5 to 17	8.7%	13.2%
18 to 24	7.1%	9.2%
25 to 34	19.5%	11.4%
35 to 44	12.2%	7.9%
45 to 54	14.2%	9.4%
55 to 64	11.8%	21.4%
65 to 74	15.9%	17.4%
75 and over	6.9%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buffalo Gap	Tye
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	73.0%
Black or African American	2.6%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	20.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buffalo Gap	Tye
No high school diploma	3.7%	22.9%
High school graduate	39.6%	46.1%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree	22.7%	4.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buffalo Gap	Tye
Drove alone	82.0%	77.4%
Carpooled	11.5%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	2.5%	9.1%
Other means	2.0%	4.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buffalo Gap	Tye
1-unit, detached	88.0%	36.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
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%	63.5%

Poverty & households

	Buffalo Gap	Tye
Poverty rate	10.8%	8.1%
Average household size	2.20	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1972	1986