Missouri · Census place 2909514
Buffalo, Missouri
Buffalo is a city in Dallas County, Missouri with an estimated 3,512 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 173rd largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,512
- #173 of 338 in Missouri
- Change since 2020
- +5.9%
- +197 people
- Land area
- 3.0 sq mi
- Density
- 1,171 / sq mi
- State median 1,448
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Buffalo population, 2020 to 2024
Buffalo added 197 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.9%. In the latest year it moved by +40.
Buffalo covers 3.00 square miles of land, for 1,171 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Buffalo is less dense than the typical town.
What county Buffalo is in
All of Buffalo's residents live in Dallas County, which had 17,877 residents in 2024. Buffalo holds 19.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Buffalo
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Buffalo by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 65622. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Buffalo is
The Census internal point of Buffalo is at 37.645200, -93.096600. Jefferson City, the capital, is 81.8 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bolivar, MO (11,549 people), 17.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Springfield, MO, 33.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 37.645200, -93.096600
- DMS
- 37°38'42.72"N 93°05'47.76"W
- UTM
- 15N 491478.1E 4166454.8N
- Geohash
- 9yty1t155
- Plus code
- 8698JWW3+39
Daylight in Buffalo
At 37.65° N, Buffalo gets about 14 h 46 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 34 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 13 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Buffalo
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Bolivar, 17.7 miles away, with 11,549 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Buffalo, MO?
3,512 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 197 (5.9%) from 3,315 in July 2020.
What county is Buffalo in?
Dallas County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Buffalo?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 65622.
How far is Buffalo from Jefferson City?
81.8 miles (131.6 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Buffalo.
What is the nearest larger city to Buffalo?
Bolivar, MO, with 11,549 residents, 17.7 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.