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Buffalo city, Wyoming: commercial real estate data.
Buffalo city is a Census city of 4,572 people across 4.54 square miles of land, in Johnson County. Median household income is $62,629, 78.6 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 11 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $7.3 m.
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Buffalo
What Buffalo is
- Census place typecity
- Land area4.54 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,007
- County holding the largest share of its areaJohnson County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Buffalo
How many people live in Buffalo
- Population4,572
- Median age48.0
- Population under 18803 plus or minus 210
- Share under 1817.6 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Population 65 and over1,434
- Share 65 and over31.4 percent
- Households2,272
- Family households1,109
- Share of households that are families48.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Buffalo
Income and work in Buffalo
- Median household income$62,629
- Per capita income$39,388
- Civilian labor force2,250
- Employed2,130
- Unemployed120 plus or minus 98
- Unemployment rate5.3 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Adults 25 and over3,393
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher96.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher29.9 percent plus or minus 6.4
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree10.6 percent plus or minus 4.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Buffalo
Housing in Buffalo
- Housing units2,435
- Occupied units2,272
- Vacant units163 plus or minus 123
- Vacancy rate6.7 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Owner occupied1,785
- Renter occupied487 plus or minus 141
- Ownership rate78.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$300,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,019 plus or minus $250
- Annual rent as a share of median income19.5 percent plus or minus 5.4
- Single family units1,866
- Share single family76.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more358 plus or minus 159
- Share in buildings of two or more14.7 percent plus or minus 6.4
- Mobile homes211 plus or minus 105
- Median year structure built1974
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Buffalo
How Buffalo gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,689
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,340 plus or minus 302
- Share commuting under 15 minutes79.3 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more167 plus or minus 91
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more9.9 percent plus or minus 5.2
- Drove alone68.0 percent
- Carpooled3.4 percent plus or minus 2.8
- Public transport0.5 percent plus or minus 1.0
- Walked10.1 percent plus or minus 6.4
- Worked from home17.0 percent plus or minus 6.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Buffalo
SBA 7(a) lending to Buffalo borrowers
- Approvals11
- Gross approval$7,334,600
- Average approval$666,782
- Median approval$150,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,080,000
- Largest approval$4,272,000
- Jobs supported82
- Jobs per approval7.5
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more9.1 percent
- Share to franchises9.1 percent
- Distinct lenders7
- Distinct industries by NAICS9
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Buffalo
SBA 504 lending to Buffalo borrowers
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$402,000
- Average approval$402,000
- Median approval$402,000
- Largest approval$402,000
- Jobs supported16
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Johnson County, not Buffalo
Johnson County context, not Buffalo figures
These are Johnson County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Buffalo measurements.
- Establishments in Johnson County500
- Employment at those establishments, Johnson County2,602
- Covered employment, Johnson County3,387
- Average annual pay, Johnson County$49,306
- Average weekly wage, Johnson County$948
- Housing units permitted, Johnson County7
- Of those, single family, Johnson County7
- County product, 2024, Johnson County$562,223,000
- County product change over the prior year, Johnson County3.8 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Johnson County$79,878
Every figure in this section is published for Johnson County as a whole and is not a measurement of Buffalo. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Buffalo questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Buffalo, Wyoming?
4,572, in 2,272 households. Buffalo city covers 4.54 square miles of land, which is 1,007 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Buffalo in?
Johnson County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Buffalo?
$62,629. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $300,500. Median gross rent is $1,019 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Buffalo businesses?
11 7(a) approvals totalling $7.3 m, across 7 lenders, median approval $150,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $402,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Buffalo, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Buffalo borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Buffalo. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Buffalo figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Johnson County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Buffalo.
Is zoning published for Buffalo?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.