Realtors in Buffalo, MN
The Wright County seat, with Buffalo Lake and Highway 55 access. Buying, selling and home valuation in Buffalo, Wright County, from a two broker team based in Saint Michael.
Buffalo is a real town with a lake in the middle of it, not a subdivision with a name.
The Wright County seat, which means the courthouse, the county offices and the hospital are here, and it gives Buffalo a downtown that functions as a downtown. The city is built around Buffalo Lake, so lake frontage is part of the ordinary housing stock here in a way it is not in most of the towns on this list.
Lake frontage in Buffalo is not automatically expensive, which surprises people who have been shopping in the western suburbs. There is frontage across a wide range here, and what separates a cheap lake lot from an expensive one is the shoreline, the depth, the orientation and the access, not the house. If you are buying frontage, look at the water before you look at the kitchen. Older in-town houses are the other opportunity, and they come with the usual pre-1970 questions about the panel, the plumbing and what is under the siding.
- County
- Wright County
- Schools
- Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose (ISD 877)
- Commute
- Highway 55 and Highway 25
- To downtown
- about 50 to 65 minutes to downtown Minneapolis
- Water/sewer
- city services in town, wells and septic on the lake and rural properties
- Housing
- A genuine older core with pre-war and mid-century houses, eighties through recent subdivision around it, and lake frontage across several price points.
- Coordinates
- 45.1719° N 93.8747° W
Approximate drive times, and they are worth nothing next to the drive you make yourself at the hour you would really be leaving.
Buying, selling and valuation in Buffalo.
Each of these has its own Buffalo page, written for this town, not for the county.
What a buyer should know about Buffalo.
On any lake property, ask about the shoreline type, water depth at the dock, which direction it faces and what the association or the DNR rules allow you to do at the water. Two lots on the same lake with the same house can be worth very different money. On the older in-town stock, get an inspector who is comfortable with houses of that age.
What a seller is up against in Buffalo.
If you have frontage, the water is the product and the photography has to prove it, shot in good light from the water side. If you are in town, your buyer values walkability to downtown and the hospital, so say how far it is. Being the county seat means there is steady local demand that does not depend on the metro commute.
Valuing a Buffalo property.
Lake value here is driven by frontage feet, shoreline quality and orientation, and it has to be valued separately from the house. An automated estimate cannot see any of that, and the portal numbers on Buffalo lake property are often badly wrong in both directions.
Thinking about Buffalo?
Call 763-786-3700. We will tell you what is on the market here, what it is going for and whether this is the right town for what you want.
Buffalo questions, answered straight.
What is the housing stock like in Buffalo?
A genuine older core with pre-war and mid-century houses, eighties through recent subdivision around it, and lake frontage across several price points. On lake property we look at the shoreline and the water before the house.
Which school district serves Buffalo?
Buffalo is served by Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose (ISD 877). District boundaries out here do not always follow city limits, so we still confirm it per address before you write an offer.
How long is the commute from Buffalo to Minneapolis?
You are on Highway 55 and Highway 25, and it is about 50 to 65 minutes to downtown Minneapolis. Those are approximate and the only number that matters is the one you get driving it yourself at the hour you would really be leaving, in both directions.
Which county is Buffalo in?
Wright County. That determines your property taxes, your recording and where a septic compliance inspection gets filed, so on the county borders we get the actual tax statement, not an estimate.
Other towns on the sheet.
| Town | County | School district | Commute spine |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Michael | Wright | St. Michael-Albertville (ISD 885) | I-94 at County Road 19 |
| Albertville | Wright | St. Michael-Albertville (ISD 885) | I-94 at exit 202 |
| Otsego | Wright | mostly Elk River Area (ISD 728), with part in St. Michael-Albertville (ISD 885) | Highway 101 north to Elk River, I-94 south |
| Rogers | Hennepin | Elk River Area (ISD 728) | I-94 at Highway 101 |
| Elk River | Sherburne | Elk River Area (ISD 728) | Highway 169 and Highway 10, plus the Northstar commuter rail station |
| Monticello | Wright | Monticello (ISD 882) | I-94 west of the metro |
| Delano | Wright | Delano (ISD 879) | Highway 12 east toward I-394 |
| Annandale | Wright | Annandale (ISD 876) | Highway 55, then I-94 or Highway 12 |
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