Buffalo City vs Gilmanton

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

Buffalo City and Gilmanton 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 138 in Gilmanton). Buffalo City has the higher median household income ($62,917 vs $52,250 in Gilmanton). Gilmanton has the higher median home value ($205,900 vs $165,900 in Buffalo City).

Population, income & housing

	Buffalo City	Gilmanton
Population	916	138
Median age	57.1 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$62,917	$52,250
Median home value	$165,900	$205,900
Median gross rent	$810	$535
Housing units	524	59
Homeownership rate	93.7%	81.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	5.0%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buffalo City	Gilmanton
Population	875 → 916 (+4.7%)	136 → 138 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$58,750 → $62,917 (+7.1%)	$47,500 → $52,250 (+10.0%)
Median home value	$152,600 → $165,900 (+8.7%)	$86,300 → $205,900 (+138.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,011 → $810 (-19.9%)	$870 → $535 (-38.5%)

Buffalo City

Population

875916

Median household income

$58,750$62,917

Median home value

$152,600$165,900

Median gross rent

$1,011$810

Gilmanton

Population

136138

Median household income

$47,500$52,250

Median home value

$86,300$205,900

Median gross rent

$870$535

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buffalo City	Gilmanton
Under 5	2.9%	7.2%
5 to 17	10.4%	18.1%
18 to 24	4.7%	1.4%
25 to 34	14.5%	13.8%
35 to 44	5.7%	13.8%
45 to 54	9.4%	7.2%
55 to 64	23.8%	23.2%
65 to 74	18.1%	10.9%
75 and over	10.5%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buffalo City	Gilmanton
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	99.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buffalo City	Gilmanton
No high school diploma	8.1%	1.0%
High school graduate	42.3%	72.3%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	21.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	4.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buffalo City	Gilmanton
Drove alone	82.6%	78.7%
Carpooled	13.3%	2.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	18.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buffalo City	Gilmanton
1-unit, detached	87.6%	96.6%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.5%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Buffalo City	Gilmanton
Poverty rate	9.2%	2.2%
Average household size	1.98	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	37	31
Median year structure built	1973	1943