COMPARING TWO PLACES
Buffalo vs Elizabethtown
PLACE A
Buffalo, South Dakota
VS
PLACE B
Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania
Buffalo is 97% smaller than Elizabethtown. Buffalo earns more, with a median household income $8,999 higher.
BUFFALOELIZABETHTOWNDIFFERENCE
Total population35811,961−97% vs Elizabethtown
Population density6464,510−3,864
Population growth4.8%0.8%+4.0 pts
Median age57.234.9+22.3
Male60.4%46.8%+13.7 pts
Female39.6%53.2%−13.7 pts
Foreign-born1.1%4.0%−2.9 pts
White, non-Hispanic93.5%86.9%+6.6 pts
Black0.0%1.7%−1.7 pts
Hispanic / Latino1.8%5.3%−3.5 pts
Asian0.0%1.7%−1.7 pts
Other4.7%4.5%+0.2 pts
Median household income$85,104$76,105+$8,999
Per capita income$58,004$40,293+$17,711
Poverty rate6.8%7.6%−0.8 pts
Income inequality (Gini)0.3490.428−0.1
Bachelor's degree or higher15.8%31.4%−15.6 pts
Graduate degree2.1%10.3%−8.2 pts
Unemployment rate2.2%3.4%−1.2 pts
Labor force participation74.1%67.6%+6.5 pts
Median home value$114,100$238,700−$124,600
Median gross rent$725$1,174−$449
Owner-occupied82.0%58.2%+23.8 pts
Housing vacancy rate31.2%1.9%+29.3 pts
Rent-burdened households10.3%40.6%−30.2 pts
Average commute10.322.3−12.0
Worked from home5.5%11.1%−5.6 pts
Public transit to work0.0%0.4%−0.4 pts
Uninsured3.6%3.2%+0.4 pts
Population, 1990 – 2025