Butte vs Farm Loop

A side-by-side comparison of Butte and Farm Loop: population, income, housing, and more.

Butte and Farm Loop are places in Alaska. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Butte has the higher population (3,905 vs 2,940 in Farm Loop). Farm Loop has the higher median household income ($110,332 vs $105,625 in Butte). Farm Loop has the higher median home value ($393,300 vs $320,100 in Butte).

Population, income & housing

	Butte	Farm Loop
Population	3,905	2,940
Median age	40.1 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$105,625	$110,332
Median home value	$320,100	$393,300
Median gross rent	$1,412	$1,670
Housing units	1,470	1,091
Homeownership rate	80.8%	86.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.9%	37.7%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butte	Farm Loop
Population	4,015 → 3,905 (-2.7%)	1,170 → 2,940 (+151.3%)
Median household income	$79,583 → $105,625 (+32.7%)	$89,000 → $110,332 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$254,400 → $320,100 (+25.8%)	$263,000 → $393,300 (+49.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,219 → $1,412 (+15.8%)	$975 → $1,670 (+71.3%)

Butte

Population

4,0153,905

Median household income

$79,583$105,625

Median home value

$254,400$320,100

Median gross rent

$1,219$1,412

Farm Loop

Population

1,1702,940

Median household income

$89,000$110,332

Median home value

$263,000$393,300

Median gross rent

$975$1,670

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Butte	Farm Loop
Under 5	6.0%	6.4%
5 to 17	20.0%	18.0%
18 to 24	7.6%	5.7%
25 to 34	10.9%	11.2%
35 to 44	12.5%	18.5%
45 to 54	13.2%	11.2%
55 to 64	14.7%	12.2%
65 to 74	9.0%	10.6%
75 and over	6.0%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butte	Farm Loop
White (non-Hispanic)	80.2%	82.0%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.6%	1.8%
Asian	1.6%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	7.9%	10.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butte	Farm Loop
No high school diploma	4.3%	2.9%
High school graduate	28.7%	21.8%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	17.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butte	Farm Loop
Drove alone	70.0%	73.1%
Carpooled	8.5%	9.6%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	6.9%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.4%
Worked from home	8.8%	12.2%
Other means	5.4%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Butte	Farm Loop
1-unit, detached	86.1%	88.9%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Butte	Farm Loop
Poverty rate	7.9%	6.8%
Average household size	2.91	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	34	30
Median year structure built	1991	2000