Buffalo, WV

Census Place

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2024 Population
1,150
US Senator
Shelley Moore Capito
Republican Party
US Senator
Jim Justice
Republican Party
2024 Median Age
42
1.41% 1-year decrease
2024 Poverty Rate
19.9%
6.58% 1-year decrease
2024 Median Household Income
$64,583
16.8% 1-year growth
2024 Median Property Value
$132,900
7.09% 1-year growth
2024 Employed Population
453
7.86% 1-year growth

About

None of the households in Buffalo, WV reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

99.7% of the residents in Buffalo, WV are U.S. citizens.

In 2024, the median property value in Buffalo, WV was $132,900, and the homeownership rate was 90%.

Most people in Buffalo, WV drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 24 minutes. The average car ownership in Buffalo, WV was 2 cars per household.

United StatesWest VirginiaPutnam County, WVHuntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OHCabell, Putnam, Mason Counties PUMA, WV

Population & Diversity

Buffalo, WV is home to a population of 1.15k people, from which 99.7% are citizens. As of 2024, 0.261% of Buffalo, WV residents were born outside of the country (3 people).

In 2024, there were 142 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (1.13k people) in Buffalo, WV than any other race or ethnicity. There were 8 Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic) and 6 Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

99.7%
2024 Citizenship
99.6%
2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 99.7% of Buffalo, WV residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Buffalo, WV was 99.6%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been increasing.

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Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Buffalo, WV
  1. White (Non-Hispanic)
    1.13k ± 283
  2. Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic)
    8 ± 14
  3. Black or African American (Non-Hispanic)
    6 ± 11

In 2024, there were 142 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (1.13k people) in Buffalo, WV than any other race or ethnicity. There were 8 Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic) and 6 Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in Buffalo, WV as a share of the total population.

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Global Diversity

The PUMS dataset is not available at the Place level, so we are showing data for West Virginia.
Most Common Origin
  1. India
    2,277 ± 1,171 people
  2. Mexico
    2,211 ± 1,154 people
  3. Germany
    1,987 ± 1,094 people

In 2023, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of West Virginia was India, the natal country of 2,277 West Virginia residents, followed by Mexico with 2,211 and Germany with 1,987.

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Foreign-Born Population

0.261%
2024 Foreign-Born Population
3 people
0.36%
2023 Foreign-Born Population
4 people

As of 2024, 0.261% of Buffalo, WV residents (3 people) were born outside of the United States, which is approximately the same as the national average of 14%. In 2023, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Buffalo, WV was 0.36%, meaning that the rate has been decreasing.

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Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Vietnam
    49 ± 54
  2. Gulf War (2001-)
    40 ± 54
  3. Gulf War (1990s)
    8 ± 16

Buffalo, WV has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 1.23 times greater than any other conflict.

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Economy

The economy of Buffalo, WV employs 453 people. In 2024, the largest industries in Buffalo, WV were Construction (98 people), Manufacturing (61 people), and Health Care & Social Assistance (42 people), and the highest paying industries were Manufacturing ($90,313), Wholesale Trade ($85,000), and Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($64,079).

Employment

Occupations

453
2024 Value
± 123
7.86%
1 Year growth
± 34.6%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Buffalo, WV grew at a rate of 7.86%, from 420 employees to 453 employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Buffalo, WV, are Construction & Extraction Occupations (82 people), Office & Administrative Support Occupations (72 people), and Sales & Related Occupations (57 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Buffalo, WV.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for West Virginia.

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The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

453
2024 Value
± 123
7.86%
1 Year growth
± 34.6%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Buffalo, WV grew at a rate of 7.86%, from 420 employees to 453 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Buffalo, WV, are Construction (98 people), Manufacturing (61 people), and Health Care & Social Assistance (42 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Buffalo, WV, though some of these residents may live in Buffalo, WV and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

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Median Earnings by Industry

$61,534
Median earning men ± $10,446
$29,679
Median earning women ± $2,851

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Manufacturing ($100,250), Wholesale Trade ($85,000), and Construction ($75,117).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($50,096), Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($49,500), and Manufacturing ($33,438).

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Employment by Industry Sector

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for West Virginia.
Y-Axis
0.583%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 690k people employed in West Virginia. This represents a 0.583% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 15%.

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Housing & Living

The median property value in Buffalo, WV was $132,900 in 2024, which is 0.399 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $124,100 to $132,900, a 7.09% increase. The homeownership rate in Buffalo, WV is 90%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Buffalo, WV have an average commute time of 24 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Buffalo, WV is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$132,900
Median Property Value 2024
±$29,190
$404
Median Property Taxes
±$101

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Buffalo, WV the largest share of households pay taxes in the < $800 range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Buffalo, WV compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

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Rent vs Own

90%
Homeownership
2024
67.4%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2024

In 2024, 90% of the housing units in Buffalo, WV were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 84.5%.

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Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.
$64,583
Median Household Income
± $29,442
449
Number of Households
± 105

In 2024, the median household income of the 449 households in Buffalo, WV grew to $64,583 from the previous year's value of $55,313.

The following chart displays the households in Buffalo, WV distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $75k - $100k range.

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Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Buffalo, WV is from West Virginia.
0.443
2023 Wage GINI in West Virginia
0.449
2022 Wage GINI in West Virginia

In 2023, the income inequality in West Virginia was 0.443 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 1.39% decline from 2022 to 2023, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for West Virginia was lower than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in West Virginia in comparison to the national average.

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Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024
  1. Drove Alone (87.9%)
  2. Worked At Home (6.58%)
  3. Carpooled (3.51%)

In 2024, 87.9% of workers in Buffalo, WV drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (6.58%) and those who carpooled to work (3.51%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

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Commute Time

24 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Buffalo, WV have a shorter commute time (24 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 1.17% of the workforce in Buffalo, WV have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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Car Ownership

2 cars
Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Buffalo, WV distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Buffalo, WV have 2 cars.

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Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

19.9% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Buffalo, WV (223 out of 1.12k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Males 25 - 34, followed by Males < 5 and then Females 6 - 11.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Buffalo, WV is White, followed by Black and Native American.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

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Health

89.8% of the population of Buffalo, WV has health coverage, with 55% on employee plans, 11% on Medicaid, 18.5% on Medicare, 4.64% on non-group plans, and 0.714% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in West Virginia see 1,319 patients per year on average, which represents a 0% change from the previous year (1,319 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1705 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 506 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 52.7% were men and 47.3% were women.

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 19.6% under 18 years, 18.8% between 18 and 34 years, 36.8% between 35 and 64 years, and 24.7% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 52.7% were men and 47.3% were women.

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Uninsured People

10.2%
Uninsured
55%
Employer Coverage
11%
Medicaid
18.5%
Medicare
4.64%
Non-Group
0.714%
Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Buffalo, WV grew by 122% from 4.58% to 10.2%.

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