Buffalo vs Winfield

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

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

Winfield has the higher population (2,538 vs 1,110 in Buffalo). Winfield has the higher median household income ($89,917 vs $55,313 in Buffalo). Winfield has the higher median home value ($226,000 vs $124,100 in Buffalo).

Population, income & housing

	Buffalo	Winfield
Population	1,110	2,538
Median age	42.6 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$55,313	$89,917
Median home value	$124,100	$226,000
Median gross rent	$720	$1,033
Housing units	501	1,028
Homeownership rate	84.5%	74.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	34.2%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buffalo	Winfield
Population	1,176 → 1,110 (-5.6%)	2,785 → 2,538 (-8.9%)
Median household income	$39,219 → $55,313 (+41.0%)	$78,871 → $89,917 (+14.0%)
Median home value	$89,200 → $124,100 (+39.1%)	$202,300 → $226,000 (+11.7%)
Median gross rent	$619 → $720 (+16.3%)	$773 → $1,033 (+33.6%)

Buffalo

Population

1,1761,110

Median household income

$39,219$55,313

Median home value

$89,200$124,100

Median gross rent

$619$720

Winfield

Population

2,7852,538

Median household income

$78,871$89,917

Median home value

$202,300$226,000

Median gross rent

$773$1,033

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buffalo	Winfield
Under 5	7.4%	7.1%
5 to 17	13.3%	19.2%
18 to 24	7.9%	5.6%
25 to 34	10.0%	10.2%
35 to 44	13.8%	10.0%
45 to 54	17.5%	15.4%
55 to 64	10.5%	19.7%
65 to 74	12.9%	6.6%
75 and over	6.8%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buffalo	Winfield
White (non-Hispanic)	98.7%	91.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.9%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buffalo	Winfield
No high school diploma	4.2%	7.1%
High school graduate	52.3%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	15.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buffalo	Winfield
Drove alone	85.5%	75.4%
Carpooled	3.9%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	16.2%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buffalo	Winfield
1-unit, detached	63.7%	76.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	4.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.8%
Mobile home & other	32.3%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	Buffalo	Winfield
Poverty rate	21.3%	18.4%
Average household size	2.84	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1986	1993