Texas · Census place 4811116
Buffalo, Texas
Buffalo is a city in Leon County, Texas with an estimated 1,892 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 626th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,892
- #626 of 804 in Texas
- Change since 2020
- +7.0%
- +123 people
- Land area
- 4.7 sq mi
- + 0.02 sq mi water
- Density
- 402 / sq mi
- State median 1,561
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Buffalo population, 2020 to 2024
Buffalo added 123 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +7.0%. In the latest year it moved by +21.
Buffalo covers 4.71 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 402 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Buffalo is less dense than the typical town.
What county Buffalo is in
All of Buffalo's residents live in Leon County, which had 16,698 residents in 2024. Buffalo holds 11.3% 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: 75831. 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 31.458900, -96.066200. Austin, the capital, is 128.7 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Teague, TX (3,569 people), 17.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is College Station, TX, 61.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 31.458900, -96.066200
- DMS
- 31°27'32.04"N 96°03'58.32"W
- UTM
- 14N 778784.0E 3484188.4N
- Geohash
- 9vedvyytr
- Plus code
- 8635FW5M+HG
Daylight in Buffalo
At 31.46° N, Buffalo gets about 14 h 12 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 06 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 06 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 Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Centerville, 14.8 miles away, with 1,001 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Buffalo, TX?
1,892 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 123 (7.0%) from 1,769 in July 2020.
What county is Buffalo in?
Leon 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: 75831.
How far is Buffalo from Austin?
128.7 miles (207.1 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Buffalo.
What is the nearest larger city to Buffalo?
Teague, TX, with 3,569 residents, 17.3 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.