Butte vs Point MacKenzie

A side-by-side comparison of Butte and Point MacKenzie: population, income, housing, and more.

Butte and Point MacKenzie 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 1,728 in Point MacKenzie). Butte has the higher median home value ($320,100 vs $206,300 in Point MacKenzie). Since 2019, Point MacKenzie's population has grown faster (+36.7% vs -2.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Butte	Point MacKenzie
Population	3,905	1,728
Median age	40.1 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$105,625	—
Median home value	$320,100	$206,300
Median gross rent	$1,412	—
Housing units	1,470	322
Homeownership rate	80.8%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.9%	3.7%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butte	Point MacKenzie
Population	4,015 → 3,905 (-2.7%)	1,264 → 1,728 (+36.7%)
Median household income	$79,583 → $105,625 (+32.7%)	$90,536 → $92,125 (+1.8%)
Median home value	$254,400 → $320,100 (+25.8%)	$262,500 → $206,300 (-21.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,219 → $1,412 (+15.8%)	—

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

Point MacKenzie

Population

1,2641,728

Median household income

$90,536$92,125

Median home value

$262,500$206,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Butte	Point MacKenzie
Under 5	6.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	20.0%	5.7%
18 to 24	7.6%	8.0%
25 to 34	10.9%	13.8%
35 to 44	12.5%	23.2%
45 to 54	13.2%	21.7%
55 to 64	14.7%	18.3%
65 to 74	9.0%	5.0%
75 and over	6.0%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butte	Point MacKenzie
White (non-Hispanic)	80.2%	52.3%
Black or African American	0.8%	11.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.6%	24.5%
Asian	1.6%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	2.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.9%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butte	Point MacKenzie
No high school diploma	4.3%	17.3%
High school graduate	28.7%	68.3%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	10.7%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	1.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butte	Point MacKenzie
Drove alone	70.0%	43.8%
Carpooled	8.5%	30.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	6.9%	11.7%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	12.4%
Other means	5.4%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Butte	Point MacKenzie
1-unit, detached	86.1%	91.9%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	8.1%

Poverty & households

	Butte	Point MacKenzie
Poverty rate	7.9%	8.2%
Average household size	2.91	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	34	35
Median year structure built	1991	1998