Buffalo vs Poca

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

Buffalo and Poca 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 1,056 in Poca). Poca has the higher median household income ($83,750 vs $55,313 in Buffalo). Poca has the higher median home value ($178,500 vs $124,100 in Buffalo).

Population, income & housing

	Buffalo	Poca
Population	1,110	1,056
Median age	42.6 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$55,313	$83,750
Median home value	$124,100	$178,500
Median gross rent	$720	—
Housing units	501	408
Homeownership rate	84.5%	90.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	23.1%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buffalo	Poca
Population	1,176 → 1,110 (-5.6%)	1,052 → 1,056 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$39,219 → $55,313 (+41.0%)	$59,659 → $83,750 (+40.4%)
Median home value	$89,200 → $124,100 (+39.1%)	$133,500 → $178,500 (+33.7%)
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

Poca

Population

1,0521,056

Median household income

$59,659$83,750

Median home value

$133,500$178,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buffalo	Poca
Under 5	7.4%	4.5%
5 to 17	13.3%	23.1%
18 to 24	7.9%	6.6%
25 to 34	10.0%	12.6%
35 to 44	13.8%	13.3%
45 to 54	17.5%	11.8%
55 to 64	10.5%	8.0%
65 to 74	12.9%	9.3%
75 and over	6.8%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buffalo	Poca
White (non-Hispanic)	98.7%	98.0%
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%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buffalo	Poca
No high school diploma	4.2%	6.6%
High school graduate	52.3%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buffalo	Poca
Drove alone	85.5%	94.8%
Carpooled	3.9%	1.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	1.5%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buffalo	Poca
1-unit, detached	63.7%	89.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	4.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	32.3%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Buffalo	Poca
Poverty rate	21.3%	10.6%
Average household size	2.84	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1986	1968