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Buffalo Lake, MN

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Buffalo Lake, MN: 1 USPS ZIP, population 1,337. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet BUFFALO-LAKE-MN · Buffalo Lake, MN 1 ZIPs · 1,337 pop · #9409/25278 · Renville County

INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-HIGH $79,500
  • RANK-UPPER #9409/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Sacred Heart
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 83% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 1,337
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $179,200

Nearest income peer: Sacred Heart, MN (+ $4,484 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Buffalo Lake

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Buffalo Lake on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Buffalo Lake, MN sits among US cities with an above-median household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 37%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
1,337
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$79,500
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Above-median income on a short ZIP list (1) - lead code 55314 (1,337 residents). Household income $79,500 is the roll-up; open the ZIP for tenure and commute.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (82.9%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Buffalo Lake as a pure owner town.

Within Minnesota, Pelican Rapids is the closest lower-income city and Underwood the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Buffalo Lake.

Population concentration

Buffalo Lake reads through its lone ZIP, 55314

1,337 ACS residents, one ZIP: 55314 is not the leading code inside Buffalo Lake, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Mid-pack ZBP load on Buffalo Lake's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 28 establishments, 642 employees , annual payroll $33,598k (~21 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 55314 (28 units) ; leading NAICS Transportation and warehousing (5) · also Health care and social assistance · Other services (except public administration) .

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ZIP Codes in Buffalo Lake, MN

These ZIP codes sit in Renville County, which covers 10 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Buffalo Lake. See the Renville County roll-up →

Buffalo Lake sits in the upper half of Renville County on income: Olivia, Renville and Hector report less, while Bird Island and Sacred Heart report more. Franklin marks the far end of that range at $54,688, 31% below Buffalo Lake.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
55314 1,337 $79,500 28 7
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Buffalo Lake roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Buffalo Lake, .