Buffalo vs Kaycee

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

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

Buffalo has the higher population (4,516 vs 254 in Kaycee). Buffalo has the higher median household income ($61,813 vs $46,250 in Kaycee). Buffalo has the higher median home value ($272,300 vs $187,500 in Kaycee).

Population, income & housing

	Buffalo	Kaycee
Population	4,516	254
Median age	49.4 yrs	53.7 yrs
Median household income	$61,813	$46,250
Median home value	$272,300	$187,500
Median gross rent	$1,066	$1,114
Housing units	2,378	147
Homeownership rate	75.9%	84.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.9%	12.2%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buffalo	Kaycee
Population	4,578 → 4,516 (-1.4%)	284 → 254 (-10.6%)
Median household income	$58,679 → $61,813 (+5.3%)	$61,071 → $46,250 (-24.3%)
Median home value	$234,100 → $272,300 (+16.3%)	$134,400 → $187,500 (+39.5%)
Median gross rent	$888 → $1,066 (+20.0%)	$957 → $1,114 (+16.4%)

Buffalo

Population

4,5784,516

Median household income

$58,679$61,813

Median home value

$234,100$272,300

Median gross rent

$888$1,066

Kaycee

Population

284254

Median household income

$61,071$46,250

Median home value

$134,400$187,500

Median gross rent

$957$1,114

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buffalo	Kaycee
Under 5	5.8%	8.7%
5 to 17	12.0%	15.0%
18 to 24	9.2%	5.5%
25 to 34	10.0%	5.1%
35 to 44	8.9%	9.4%
45 to 54	12.0%	7.5%
55 to 64	10.3%	10.2%
65 to 74	19.4%	17.3%
75 and over	12.3%	21.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buffalo	Kaycee
White (non-Hispanic)	91.5%	94.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buffalo	Kaycee
No high school diploma	4.2%	1.1%
High school graduate	29.4%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	55.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.2%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buffalo	Kaycee
Drove alone	66.6%	67.0%
Carpooled	5.5%	3.8%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	8.9%	24.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.2%	4.7%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buffalo	Kaycee
1-unit, detached	73.5%	69.4%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.4%	24.5%

Poverty & households

	Buffalo	Kaycee
Poverty rate	11.9%	9.4%
Average household size	1.94	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	14	7
Median year structure built	1973	1986