Buffalo City (Wisconsin)
Buffalo County
55-11062
Buffalo City is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) in Buffalo County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, Buffalo City had 1023 inhabitants.
Geography
Buffalo City is located in eastern Wisconsin, on the east bank of the Mississippi River, which forms the border with Minnesota. The geographical coordinates of Buffalo City are 44 ° 13'50 " north latitude and 91 ° 51'52 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 15.64 km ², spread over 5.46 km ² of land and 10.18 km ² water surface.
Neighboring cities of Buffalo City are Alma ( 12.3 km upstream in north- west ), Waumandee ( 19.9 km ENE ), Cochrane ( at the eastern city limits ), and Fountain City ( 17.2 km downstream in a south-southeast direction). Minneiska is located just across the river in Minnesota, but is about the nearest road bridge to reach only after 56.5 km.
The nearest large towns are Eau Claire (90 km north-northeast ), Wisconsin's capital, Madison (303 km south-east ), Rochester, Minnesota ( 99.4 km to the west ) and the Twin Cities (162 km north-west ).
Traffic
Along the eastern border of the city here the Wisconsin section of the Great River Road forming Wisconsin State Highway 35 runs All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.
Parallel to the WI 35 runs a railway line in the BNSF Railway, which runs along the entire Mississippi.
The nearest airport is the La Crosse Regional Airport ( 75.1 km southeast). The greater Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport is located 156 km north-east.
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in Buffalo City in 1023 people in 464 households. The population density was 187.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 464 households lived statistically 2.2 persons each.
The racial the population was composed of 98.4 percent White, 0.1 percent (one person) Black or African American, 0.2 percent Native American and 0.3 percent Asian; 1.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 0.4 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
17.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 22.7 percent were 65 years or older. 50.2 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 46,761. The per capita income was $ 24,016. 9.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.