Another notable thing is that New Buffalo is an extremely popular vacation destination. A significant portion of the population is seasonal. During the vacation season, the city experiences a large influx of people who take up residence in second homes they own in the area. As the vacation season ends, the population drops again, leaving behind a substantially quieter and smaller city.
It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) New Buffalo has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. New Buffalo has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in New Buffalo than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, New Buffalo may be for you.
The education level of New Buffalo citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 36.68% of adults in New Buffalo have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in New Buffalo in 2022 was $52,528, which is wealthy relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $210,112 for a family of four. However, New Buffalo contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call New Buffalo home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of New Buffalo residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in New Buffalo include German, Irish, Polish, Italian, and English.
The most common language spoken in New Buffalo is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Slavic languages.
