Buffalo vs Teays Valley

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

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

Teays Valley has the higher population (13,961 vs 1,110 in Buffalo). Teays Valley has the higher median household income ($106,798 vs $55,313 in Buffalo). Teays Valley has the higher median home value ($271,900 vs $124,100 in Buffalo).

Population, income & housing

	Buffalo	Teays Valley
Population	1,110	13,961
Median age	42.6 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$55,313	$106,798
Median home value	$124,100	$271,900
Median gross rent	$720	$1,238
Housing units	501	6,027
Homeownership rate	84.5%	82.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	47.8%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buffalo	Teays Valley
Population	1,176 → 1,110 (-5.6%)	13,866 → 13,961 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$39,219 → $55,313 (+41.0%)	$89,045 → $106,798 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$89,200 → $124,100 (+39.1%)	$227,200 → $271,900 (+19.7%)
Median gross rent	$619 → $720 (+16.3%)	$1,020 → $1,238 (+21.4%)

Buffalo

Population

1,1761,110

Median household income

$39,219$55,313

Median home value

$89,200$124,100

Median gross rent

$619$720

Teays Valley

Population

13,86613,961

Median household income

$89,045$106,798

Median home value

$227,200$271,900

Median gross rent

$1,020$1,238

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buffalo	Teays Valley
Under 5	7.4%	4.2%
5 to 17	13.3%	18.3%
18 to 24	7.9%	5.9%
25 to 34	10.0%	11.3%
35 to 44	13.8%	13.7%
45 to 54	17.5%	14.9%
55 to 64	10.5%	13.1%
65 to 74	12.9%	10.2%
75 and over	6.8%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buffalo	Teays Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	98.7%	90.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.9%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buffalo	Teays Valley
No high school diploma	4.2%	3.1%
High school graduate	52.3%	18.9%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	26.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	21.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buffalo	Teays Valley
Drove alone	85.5%	80.3%
Carpooled	3.9%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	10.7%
Other means	0.2%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buffalo	Teays Valley
1-unit, detached	63.7%	80.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	7.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	32.3%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Buffalo	Teays Valley
Poverty rate	21.3%	5.1%
Average household size	2.84	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1986	1992