Buffalo City vs Nelson

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

Buffalo City and Nelson 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 351 in Nelson). Nelson has the higher median household income ($65,625 vs $62,917 in Buffalo City). Buffalo City has the higher median home value ($165,900 vs $154,200 in Nelson).

Population, income & housing

	Buffalo City	Nelson
Population	916	351
Median age	57.1 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$62,917	$65,625
Median home value	$165,900	$154,200
Median gross rent	$810	$786
Housing units	524	161
Homeownership rate	93.7%	62.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	28.1%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buffalo City	Nelson
Population	875 → 916 (+4.7%)	340 → 351 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$58,750 → $62,917 (+7.1%)	$52,500 → $65,625 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$152,600 → $165,900 (+8.7%)	$123,000 → $154,200 (+25.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,011 → $810 (-19.9%)	$581 → $786 (+35.3%)

Buffalo City

Population

875916

Median household income

$58,750$62,917

Median home value

$152,600$165,900

Median gross rent

$1,011$810

Nelson

Population

340351

Median household income

$52,500$65,625

Median home value

$123,000$154,200

Median gross rent

$581$786

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buffalo City	Nelson
Under 5	2.9%	10.3%
5 to 17	10.4%	16.0%
18 to 24	4.7%	6.8%
25 to 34	14.5%	10.5%
35 to 44	5.7%	7.7%
45 to 54	9.4%	8.8%
55 to 64	23.8%	10.3%
65 to 74	18.1%	19.1%
75 and over	10.5%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buffalo City	Nelson
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	93.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.3%
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%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buffalo City	Nelson
No high school diploma	8.1%	5.1%
High school graduate	42.3%	37.4%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	23.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buffalo City	Nelson
Drove alone	82.6%	80.1%
Carpooled	13.3%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	8.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.7%
Worked from home	4.1%	1.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buffalo City	Nelson
1-unit, detached	87.6%	78.9%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	10.5%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Buffalo City	Nelson
Poverty rate	9.2%	11.6%
Average household size	1.98	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	37	22
Median year structure built	1973	1972