What is the median home value in Buffalo Lake, MN?

Name: Home values in Buffalo Lake, MN, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median value of owner-occupied homes in Buffalo Lake, MN is $113,400 (±$31,193), as owners estimated it in the Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

In Buffalo Lake, the median home value went from $92,400 in 2015–2019 to $113,400 in 2020–2024 (+22.7%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median home value: $113,400 (±$31,193)
Owner-occupied homes: 163 (±34)
Most common range: $50,000 to $99,999

Home values in Buffalo Lake

Owner-occupied homes by value, 2020–2024
Value	Buffalo Lake	Renville County	Minnesota	United States
Less than $50,000	11.0% (±5.6 points)	8.7%	4.0%	5.3%
$50,000 to $99,999	34.4% (±11.9 points)	17.4%	3.7%	6.1%
$100,000 to $149,999	17.8% (±8.1 points)	19.2%	5.2%	6.8%
$150,000 to $199,999	25.2% (±9.8 points)	15.0%	8.1%	9.0%
$200,000 to $299,999	9.8% (±6.6 points)	20.9%	22.6%	17.8%
$300,000 to $499,999	1.8% (±1.9 points)	12.5%	36.9%	26.9%
$500,000 to $999,999	0.0% (±12.9 points)	5.6%	17.0%	20.9%
$1,000,000 or more	0.0% (±12.9 points)	0.6%	2.6%	7.1%

The most common range is $50,000 to $99,999, 34.4% of owned homes.

Value is the owner’s own estimate of what the home and lot would sell for, not a sale price or an assessment.

Buffalo Lake against Renville County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Buffalo Lake	Renville County	Minnesota	United States
Median home value	$113,400 (±$31,193)	$163,200 (±$5,730)	$329,300 (±$903)	$332,700
Owner-occupied homes	163 (±34)	4,855 (±123)	1,666,687 (±7,556)	84,210,142

In Buffalo Lake, the median home value is lower than in Renville County ($163,200).

It is also lower than in Minnesota ($329,300).

It is lower than the national figure ($332,700).

In Renville County, Buffalo Lake ranks 34 of 37 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median home value.

Statewide, it ranks 2356 of 2,558.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

How home values in Buffalo Lake have changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
	2015–2019	2020–2024	Amount of change	Verdict
Median home value	$92,400 (±$11,113)	$113,400 (±$31,193)	+22.7%	No measurable change after inflation
Median owner cost with a mortgage	$950 (±$166)	$1,083 (±$132)	+14.0%	No measurable change after inflation
Median real estate taxes	$1,457 (±$159)	$2,440 (±$441)	+67.5%	Up after inflation

The Census Bureau publishes 2015–2019 dollars in 2019 dollars and 2020–2024 dollars in 2024 dollars.

Prices (the CPI-U, US Bureau of Labor Statistics) rose 22.7% between 2019 and 2024, so a dollar figure’s verdict compares the two after raising the earlier one by that much, using the Census Bureau’s test for a difference.

The two periods do not overlap, as the Census Bureau recommends for 5-year estimates.

Median home value in places near Buffalo Lake

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Buffalo Lake
Place	Distance	Median home value	Compared with this place
Buffalo Lake	—	$113,400 (±$31,193)	—
Preston Lake Township	2.9 mi	$277,100 (±$32,896)	Higher
Hector Township	4.0 mi	$240,600 (±$51,242)	Higher
Grafton Township	4.6 mi	$244,700 (±$31,150)	Higher
Hector	4.7 mi	$132,000 (±$16,152)	Not measurably different
Martinsburg Township	5.7 mi	$228,600 (±$31,745)	Higher
Stewart	6.5 mi	$125,400 (±$13,966)	Not measurably different
Boon Lake Township	7.7 mi	$352,300 (±$28,912)	Higher
Collins Township	9.0 mi	$327,200 (±$24,023)	Higher

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Preston Lake Township, MN ($277,100), Hector Township, MN ($240,600), Grafton Township, MN ($244,700).

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Median home value across Renville County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median home value
28	Olivia	$159,200 (±$12,892)
29	Bird Island	$142,100 (±$23,418)
30	Danube	$141,300 (±$24,002)
31	Hector	$132,000 (±$16,152)
32	Renville	$126,400 (±$14,438)
33	Fairfax	$116,300 (±$11,616)
34	Buffalo Lake	$113,400 (±$31,193)
35	Franklin	$89,800 (±$30,131)
36	Sacred Heart	$85,700 (±$14,027)
37	Morton	$78,100 (±$13,926)

Showing 10 of 37 places in Renville County, ranked from highest to lowest.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Buffalo Lake

What is the average home value in Buffalo Lake, MN?

The Census Bureau publishes the median: $113,400 (±$31,193) for owner-occupied homes in Buffalo Lake (2020–2024 American Community Survey).

Have home values in Buffalo Lake gone up?

In Buffalo Lake, the median home value went from $92,400 in 2015–2019 to $113,400 in 2020–2024 (+22.7%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

Is this what homes in Buffalo Lake sell for?

No: it is the value owners reported, which tends to lag the market; recent sale prices and an appraisal answer that question.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Buffalo Lake city, Minnesota (place:08488, in state:27).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25077_001E, B25077_001M, B25088_002E, B25088_002M, B25103_001E, B25103_001M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0089E, DP04_0089M, DP04_0046E, DP04_0046M, DP04_0081PE, DP04_0081PM, DP04_0082PE, DP04_0082PM, DP04_0083PE, DP04_0083PM, DP04_0084PE, DP04_0084PM, DP04_0085PE, DP04_0085PM, DP04_0086PE, DP04_0086PM, DP04_0087PE, DP04_0087PM, DP04_0088PE, DP04_0088PM

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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.