Buffalo City vs Cochrane

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

Buffalo City and Cochrane 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 467 in Cochrane). Cochrane has the higher median household income ($87,813 vs $62,917 in Buffalo City). Buffalo City has the higher median home value ($165,900 vs $131,300 in Cochrane).

Population, income & housing

	Buffalo City	Cochrane
Population	916	467
Median age	57.1 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$62,917	$87,813
Median home value	$165,900	$131,300
Median gross rent	$810	$727
Housing units	524	222
Homeownership rate	93.7%	76.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buffalo City	Cochrane
Population	875 → 916 (+4.7%)	392 → 467 (+19.1%)
Median household income	$58,750 → $62,917 (+7.1%)	$63,125 → $87,813 (+39.1%)
Median home value	$152,600 → $165,900 (+8.7%)	$109,600 → $131,300 (+19.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,011 → $810 (-19.9%)	$394 → $727 (+84.5%)

Buffalo City

Population

875916

Median household income

$58,750$62,917

Median home value

$152,600$165,900

Median gross rent

$1,011$810

Cochrane

Population

392467

Median household income

$63,125$87,813

Median home value

$109,600$131,300

Median gross rent

$394$727

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buffalo City	Cochrane
Under 5	2.9%	7.3%
5 to 17	10.4%	19.7%
18 to 24	4.7%	11.1%
25 to 34	14.5%	9.2%
35 to 44	5.7%	19.1%
45 to 54	9.4%	11.8%
55 to 64	23.8%	10.7%
65 to 74	18.1%	6.9%
75 and over	10.5%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buffalo City	Cochrane
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	93.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buffalo City	Cochrane
No high school diploma	8.1%	2.8%
High school graduate	42.3%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	47.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buffalo City	Cochrane
Drove alone	82.6%	77.9%
Carpooled	13.3%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	8.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buffalo City	Cochrane
1-unit, detached	87.6%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	10.5%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Buffalo City	Cochrane
Poverty rate	9.2%	4.8%
Average household size	1.98	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	37	23
Median year structure built	1973	1952