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POPULAR REAL ESTATE NEAR Buffalo Center, IA Bricelyn, MN, Britt, IA (Kanawha/Corwith), Britt, IA (Town Center), Buffalo Center, IA, Garner, IA (Klemme/Goodell), Lake Mills, IA, Swea City, IA
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| MEDIAN HOUSE VALUE | $67,813 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| RENTAL PRICE | very low cost relative to IA, very low cost relative to the nation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| THE SETTING | Remote (based on population density), farms |
| TYPE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS | mostly Single-family homes, some Small apartment buildings, some Mobile homes, some Complexes/high rise apartments, a few Rowhouses & attached homes |
| SIZE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS | mostly Medium-sized dwellings (3 or 4 bedrooms), some Small dwellings (1, 2 or no bedrooms), a few Large dwellings (4, 5 or more bedrooms) |
| AGE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS | mostly Historic homes (Built 1939 or earlier), some Well established older homes (Built 1940 - 1969), some Established but not old (Built 1970 - 1994), a few Newer Homes (Built 1995 or later) |
| HOME OWNERSHIP | Mostly Owner occupied |
| SPECIAL CHARACTER | mostly Quiet |
| THE NEIGHBORS | DETAILS |
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| AGE & LIFESTYLE | mostly Seniors (people 65 and over), some Families with children (family households with school-aged children), some Mixed ages, some College students (people currently attending college) |
| EDUCATION LEVEL | Rating: 4 (5 is average for the U.S., 10 is most educated) |
| INCOME | Middle income (near average income for America) |
| OCCUPATIONS | mostly Manufacturing & Laborers, some Sales & Service workers, some Clerical, assistants & technical support, some Executive, managerial & professional, some Farmers, foresters, or fishers |
| ETHNICITY/ANCESTRY | mostly White (non-Hispanic), some Irish ancestry, some Hispanic, some Mexican |
| LANGUAGES | mostly English speaking, some Spanish speaking |
School Rating Information
NORTH IOWA COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT School District
603 Students enrolled in District
| DISTRICT RATING COMPARED TO STATE (10 is best) |
2 |
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| Better than: of IA school districts |
12.2% |
DISTRICT RATING COMPARED TO U.S. (10 is best) |
4 |
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| Better than: of US school districts |
38.1% |
STUDENTS PER CLASSROOM |
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| 13 |
| STATE AVERAGE 14 |
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Public School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind)
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| SCHOOLS IN THIS DISTRICT | GRADES |
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| NORTH IOWA ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOL 116 JACKSON ST S, THOMPSON, IA 50478 (641) 584-2100 |
09-12 |
| NORTH IOWA ELEM BUFFALO CENTER 111 3RD AVE NW, BUFFALO CENTER, IA 50424 (641) 562-2525 |
PK-04 |
| NORTH IOWA HIGH SCHOOL 111 3RD AVE NW, BUFFALO CENTER, IA 50424 (641) 562-2525 |
09-12 |
| NORTH IOWA MIDDLE SCH 108 4TH AVENUE W, THOMPSON, IA 50478 (641) 584-2231 |
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| ETHNIC/RACIAL GROUPS | THIS DISTRICT | THIS STATE |
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| WHITE (NON-HISPANIC) (%) | 94.7 | 86.6 |
| BLACK (%) | 4.1 | 5.1 |
| HISPANIC (%) | 0.4 | 5.8 |
| ASIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER (%) | 0.7 | 1.9 |
| AMERICAN INDIAN OR NATIVE OF ALASKA (%) | 0.2 | 0.6 |
| ECONOMIC GROUPS | THIS DISTRICT | THIS STATE |
| ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED (%) | 35.7 | 31.9 |
| FOR THIS DISTRICT | PER STUDENT | TOTAL | % OF TOTAL |
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| INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES | $4,995 | $3,012,000 | 50.1 |
| SUPPORT EXPENDITURES | |||
| STUDENT | $172 | $104,000 | 1.7 |
| STAFF | $299 | $180,000 | 3.0 |
| GENERAL ADMINISTRATION | $352 | $212,000 | 3.5 |
| SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION | $542 | $327,000 | 5.4 |
| OPERATION | $915 | $552,000 | 9.2 |
| TRANSPORTATION | $438 | $264,000 | 4.4 |
| OTHER | $93 | $56,000 | 0.9 |
| TOTAL SUPPORT | $2,811 | $1,695,000 | 28.2 |
| NON-INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES | $2,158 | $1,301,000 | 21.6 |
| TOTAL EXPENDITURES | $9,964 | $6,008,000 | 100.0 |
Buffalo Center EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT  |
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| ADULTS IN Buffalo Center WITH COLLEGE DEGREE OR HIGHER (%) | 11.9 |
| CHILDREN IN Buffalo Center LIVING IN POVERTY (%) | 10.3 |
Buffalo Center Appreciation Rates
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| PERIOD | TOTAL APPRECIATION | AVG. ANNUAL RATE | COMPARED TO IA* |
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| Since 1990 |  119.39%
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6.28%
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About Buffalo Center
Buffalo Center is a very small town located in the state of Iowa. With a population of 1,667 people and just one neighborhood, Buffalo Center is the 234th largest community in Iowa. Buffalo Center has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.
Buffalo Center is a blue-collar town, with 35.0% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 24.7%. Overall, Buffalo Center is a town of sales and office workers, managers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Buffalo Center who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.82%), farm management (11.73%), and sales jobs (7.99%).
You will also find that a lot of people in Buffalo Center work in agricultural jobs - much more than in the average community in America. This will be quite apparent if you drive around town, as much of the landscape is dedicated to farms.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 10.92% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
Being a small town, Buffalo Center does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
Buffalo Center Information and Demographics
The percentage of adults in Buffalo Center who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 14.96%: 14.12% of the adults in Buffalo Center have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Buffalo Center in 2000 was $16,990, which is lower middle income relative to Iowa, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $67,960 for a family of four.
The people who call Buffalo Center home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Buffalo Center is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Buffalo Center include German, Norwegian, Irish, and English.
The most common language spoken in Buffalo Center is English.
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