Buffalo vs Eleanor

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

Buffalo and Eleanor are places in West Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Eleanor has the higher population (1,655 vs 1,110 in Buffalo). Eleanor has the higher median household income ($74,211 vs $55,313 in Buffalo). Eleanor has the higher median home value ($236,400 vs $124,100 in Buffalo).

Population, income & housing

	Buffalo	Eleanor
Population	1,110	1,655
Median age	42.6 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$55,313	$74,211
Median home value	$124,100	$236,400
Median gross rent	$720	$1,011
Housing units	501	697
Homeownership rate	84.5%	77.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buffalo	Eleanor
Population	1,176 → 1,110 (-5.6%)	1,380 → 1,655 (+19.9%)
Median household income	$39,219 → $55,313 (+41.0%)	$55,625 → $74,211 (+33.4%)
Median home value	$89,200 → $124,100 (+39.1%)	$153,300 → $236,400 (+54.2%)
Median gross rent	$619 → $720 (+16.3%)	$824 → $1,011 (+22.7%)

Buffalo

Population

1,1761,110

Median household income

$39,219$55,313

Median home value

$89,200$124,100

Median gross rent

$619$720

Eleanor

Population

1,3801,655

Median household income

$55,625$74,211

Median home value

$153,300$236,400

Median gross rent

$824$1,011

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buffalo	Eleanor
Under 5	7.4%	5.1%
5 to 17	13.3%	14.2%
18 to 24	7.9%	8.8%
25 to 34	10.0%	14.1%
35 to 44	13.8%	10.6%
45 to 54	17.5%	11.0%
55 to 64	10.5%	13.7%
65 to 74	12.9%	10.8%
75 and over	6.8%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buffalo	Eleanor
White (non-Hispanic)	98.7%	97.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buffalo	Eleanor
No high school diploma	4.2%	9.8%
High school graduate	52.3%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buffalo	Eleanor
Drove alone	85.5%	92.4%
Carpooled	3.9%	1.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	4.6%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buffalo	Eleanor
1-unit, detached	63.7%	86.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	3.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	32.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Buffalo	Eleanor
Poverty rate	21.3%	8.6%
Average household size	2.84	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	24	19
Median year structure built	1986	1979