Buffalo vs Hometown

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

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

Buffalo has the higher population (1,110 vs 699 in Hometown). Buffalo has the higher median household income ($55,313 vs $40,500 in Hometown). Hometown has the higher median home value ($167,600 vs $124,100 in Buffalo).

Population, income & housing

	Buffalo	Hometown
Population	1,110	699
Median age	42.6 yrs	57.1 yrs
Median household income	$55,313	$40,500
Median home value	$124,100	$167,600
Median gross rent	$720	—
Housing units	501	445
Homeownership rate	84.5%	91.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	16.6%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buffalo	Hometown
Population	1,176 → 1,110 (-5.6%)	606 → 699 (+15.3%)
Median household income	$39,219 → $55,313 (+41.0%)	$35,594 → $40,500 (+13.8%)
Median home value	$89,200 → $124,100 (+39.1%)	$133,400 → $167,600 (+25.6%)
Median gross rent	$619 → $720 (+16.3%)	—

Buffalo

Population

1,1761,110

Median household income

$39,219$55,313

Median home value

$89,200$124,100

Median gross rent

$619$720

Hometown

Population

606699

Median household income

$35,594$40,500

Median home value

$133,400$167,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buffalo	Hometown
Under 5	7.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	13.3%	11.2%
18 to 24	7.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	10.0%	12.3%
35 to 44	13.8%	0.0%
45 to 54	17.5%	14.2%
55 to 64	10.5%	33.5%
65 to 74	12.9%	13.0%
75 and over	6.8%	15.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buffalo	Hometown
White (non-Hispanic)	98.7%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buffalo	Hometown
No high school diploma	4.2%	22.2%
High school graduate	52.3%	53.9%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	7.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buffalo	Hometown
Drove alone	85.5%	100.0%
Carpooled	3.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buffalo	Hometown
1-unit, detached	63.7%	83.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	32.3%	16.2%

Poverty & households

	Buffalo	Hometown
Poverty rate	21.3%	30.9%
Average household size	2.84	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	24	—
Median year structure built	1986	1963