Buffalo County vs Pepin County

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

Buffalo County and Pepin County are counties in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Buffalo County has the higher population (13,341 vs 7,372 in Pepin County). Pepin County has the higher median household income ($74,536 vs $68,722 in Buffalo County). Buffalo County has the higher median home value ($197,600 vs $196,100 in Pepin County).

Population, income & housing

	Buffalo County	Pepin County
Population	13,341	7,372
Median age	46.4 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$68,722	$74,536
Median home value	$197,600	$196,100
Median gross rent	$822	$860
Housing units	6,546	3,603
Homeownership rate	78.3%	83.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	23.6%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buffalo County	Pepin County
Population	13,126 → 13,341 (+1.6%)	7,265 → 7,372 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$57,829 → $68,722 (+18.8%)	$54,583 → $74,536 (+36.6%)
Median home value	$159,700 → $197,600 (+23.7%)	$151,600 → $196,100 (+29.4%)
Median gross rent	$765 → $822 (+7.5%)	$615 → $860 (+39.8%)

Buffalo County

Population

13,12613,341

Median household income

$57,829$68,722

Median home value

$159,700$197,600

Median gross rent

$765$822

Pepin County

Population

7,2657,372

Median household income

$54,583$74,536

Median home value

$151,600$196,100

Median gross rent

$615$860

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buffalo County	Pepin County
Under 5	4.8%	5.4%
5 to 17	15.3%	16.6%
18 to 24	6.7%	6.1%
25 to 34	9.8%	9.8%
35 to 44	11.8%	10.8%
45 to 54	12.0%	11.4%
55 to 64	16.2%	15.9%
65 to 74	13.7%	14.5%
75 and over	9.5%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buffalo County	Pepin County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.2%	94.8%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.1%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.3%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buffalo County	Pepin County
No high school diploma	8.0%	4.8%
High school graduate	38.1%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buffalo County	Pepin County
Drove alone	79.5%	75.4%
Carpooled	5.5%	5.6%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	4.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.7%
Worked from home	9.4%	13.5%
Other means	1.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buffalo County	Pepin County
1-unit, detached	81.8%	84.6%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	4.5%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Buffalo County	Pepin County
Poverty rate	8.7%	7.9%
Average household size	2.32	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1970	1970