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Population (year 2000): 768. Estimated
population in July 2005: 762 (-0.8% change)
Males: 358 (46.6%), Females: 410 (53.4%)
Renville County
Zip code:
55314
Median resident age: 40.2 years
Median household income: $40,000 (year 2000)
Median house value: $54,100 (year 2000)
Races in Buffalo Lake:
- White Non-Hispanic (89.3%)
- Hispanic (9.6%)
- Other race (6.6%)
- American Indian (0.7%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: German (59.5%), Norwegian (13.3%),
Swedish (10.4%), Irish (4.8%), English (3.0%), French (2.5%).
Elevation: 1074 feet
Land area: 0.6 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Buffalo Lake
- High school or higher: 74.1%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 6.0%
- Graduate or professional degree: 1.4%
- Unemployed: 1.9%
- Mean travel time to work: 18.5 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Buffalo Lake city
- Never married: 22.7%
- Now married: 56.5%
- Separated: 1.3%
- Widowed: 13.2%
- Divorced: 6.3%
10.2% Foreign born (10.2% Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: -2 (-0.3%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Buffalo Lake:
- HUTCHINSON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 20 miles;
HUTCHINSON, MN)
- MEEKER COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 27 miles;
LITCHFIELD, MN)
- RENVILLE COUNTY HOSPITAL (about 27 miles; OLIVIA,
MN)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Buffalo Lake:
- ST CLOUD REGIONAL (about 68 miles; ST CLOUD, MN; ID:
STC)
- MINNEAPOLIS-ST PAUL INTL/WOLD-CHAMBERLAIN/ (about 98
miles; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; ID: MSP)
- BRAINERD LAKES RGNL (about 119 miles; BRAINERD, MN;
ID: BRD)
Other public-use airports nearest to Buffalo Lake:
- HECTOR MUNI (about 6 miles; HECTOR, MN; ID: 1D6)
- HUTCHINSON MUNI-BUTLER FIELD (about 20 miles;
HUTCHINSON, MN; ID: HCD)
- LITCHFIELD MUNI (about 26 miles; LITCHFIELD, MN; ID:
LJF)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Buffalo Lake:
- RIDGEWATER COLLEGE (about 40 miles; WILLMAR, MN;
Full-time enrollment: 2,711)
- GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE (about 52 miles; ST PETER,
MN; FT enrollment: 2,355)
- SOUTH CENTRAL TECHNICAL COLLEGE-MANKATO (about 55
miles; NORTH MANKATO, MN; FT enrollment: 2,186)
- MINNESOTA STATE UNVERSITY-MANKATO (about 59 miles;
MANKATO, MN; FT enrollment: 11,210)
- SAINT CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY (about 62 miles; ST
CLOUD, MN; FT enrollment: 12,913)
- SAINT CLOUD TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 65 miles; ST
CLOUD, MN; FT enrollment: 2,183)
- SOUTHWEST STATE UNIVERSITY (about 83 miles;
MARSHALL, MN; FT enrollment: 3,405)
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