Buffalo vs Hurricane

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

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

Hurricane has the higher population (6,891 vs 1,110 in Buffalo). Hurricane has the higher median household income ($67,083 vs $55,313 in Buffalo). Hurricane has the higher median home value ($190,400 vs $124,100 in Buffalo).

Population, income & housing

	Buffalo	Hurricane
Population	1,110	6,891
Median age	42.6 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$55,313	$67,083
Median home value	$124,100	$190,400
Median gross rent	$720	$854
Housing units	501	3,291
Homeownership rate	84.5%	69.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	31.9%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buffalo	Hurricane
Population	1,176 → 1,110 (-5.6%)	6,482 → 6,891 (+6.3%)
Median household income	$39,219 → $55,313 (+41.0%)	$55,833 → $67,083 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$89,200 → $124,100 (+39.1%)	$151,600 → $190,400 (+25.6%)
Median gross rent	$619 → $720 (+16.3%)	$766 → $854 (+11.5%)

Buffalo

Population

1,1761,110

Median household income

$39,219$55,313

Median home value

$89,200$124,100

Median gross rent

$619$720

Hurricane

Population

6,4826,891

Median household income

$55,833$67,083

Median home value

$151,600$190,400

Median gross rent

$766$854

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buffalo	Hurricane
Under 5	7.4%	4.0%
5 to 17	13.3%	16.7%
18 to 24	7.9%	8.2%
25 to 34	10.0%	9.4%
35 to 44	13.8%	14.4%
45 to 54	17.5%	12.5%
55 to 64	10.5%	11.2%
65 to 74	12.9%	15.8%
75 and over	6.8%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buffalo	Hurricane
White (non-Hispanic)	98.7%	94.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buffalo	Hurricane
No high school diploma	4.2%	4.0%
High school graduate	52.3%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buffalo	Hurricane
Drove alone	85.5%	78.4%
Carpooled	3.9%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	14.2%
Other means	0.2%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buffalo	Hurricane
1-unit, detached	63.7%	75.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	8.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.6%
Mobile home & other	32.3%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Buffalo	Hurricane
Poverty rate	21.3%	10.9%
Average household size	2.84	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1986	1981