Alma vs Buffalo City

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

Alma and Buffalo City are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Buffalo City has the higher population (916 vs 792 in Alma). Buffalo City has the higher median household income ($62,917 vs $56,284 in Alma). Alma has the higher median home value ($174,500 vs $165,900 in Buffalo City).

Population, income & housing

	Alma	Buffalo City
Population	792	916
Median age	55.0 yrs	57.1 yrs
Median household income	$56,284	$62,917
Median home value	$174,500	$165,900
Median gross rent	$763	$810
Housing units	528	524
Homeownership rate	65.1%	93.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.2%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	0.3%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alma	Buffalo City
Population	688 → 792 (+15.1%)	875 → 916 (+4.7%)
Median household income	$50,625 → $56,284 (+11.2%)	$58,750 → $62,917 (+7.1%)
Median home value	$130,100 → $174,500 (+34.1%)	$152,600 → $165,900 (+8.7%)
Median gross rent	$760 → $763 (+0.4%)	$1,011 → $810 (-19.9%)

Alma

Population

688792

Median household income

$50,625$56,284

Median home value

$130,100$174,500

Median gross rent

$760$763

Buffalo City

Population

875916

Median household income

$58,750$62,917

Median home value

$152,600$165,900

Median gross rent

$1,011$810

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alma	Buffalo City
Under 5	2.8%	2.9%
5 to 17	7.3%	10.4%
18 to 24	6.6%	4.7%
25 to 34	7.3%	14.5%
35 to 44	7.4%	5.7%
45 to 54	18.7%	9.4%
55 to 64	22.5%	23.8%
65 to 74	13.0%	18.1%
75 and over	14.4%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alma	Buffalo City
White (non-Hispanic)	87.1%	95.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.7%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alma	Buffalo City
No high school diploma	9.4%	8.1%
High school graduate	34.4%	42.3%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alma	Buffalo City
Drove alone	77.3%	82.6%
Carpooled	3.3%	13.3%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	5.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	4.1%
Other means	2.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alma	Buffalo City
1-unit, detached	65.5%	87.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	13.8%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	10.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	10.5%

Poverty & households

	Alma	Buffalo City
Poverty rate	11.4%	9.2%
Average household size	1.86	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	24	37
Median year structure built	1960	1973