City profile · Town
Buffalo, Minnesota
Verified Oct 11, 2026Who leads Buffalo, with the evidence behind the record.
City leadership
- Leader
- Steve Downer
- Role
- Mayor
- Population
- 10,097
- Census Bureau estimate
- Last verified
- Oct 11, 2026
- Matched the official page in an automated check
- Last checked
- Oct 11, 2026
- The check matched the published record
Source & verification
- Verification sourceci.buffalo.mn.us/242/Mayor-and-City-Council ↗
- Official leadership pageci.buffalo.mn.us/242/Mayor-and-City-Council ↗
- City websiteci.buffalo.mn.us ↗
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Record history
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Leaders on record
- Steve Downer CurrentMayor · added Aug 14, 2026 · verified Oct 11, 2026
- Christopher Scanlon FormerMayor (Ceremonial) · added May 4, 2026
Reviewed changes
No reviewer-published changes yet.
Demographics
Census Bureau data for the city
- Population
- 10,097
- Median household income
- $81,868
- Median age
- 39.2
- Land area
- 7.76 sq mi
- Population density
- 1,301.2 per sq mi
- County
- Wright County
- Metro area
- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
City government
Budget and contact
- Annual budget
- ~$35M
- City hall phone
- (612) 961-9638
- Official website
- ci.buffalo.mn.us ↗
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