Butte vs South Lakes

A side-by-side comparison of Butte and South Lakes: population, income, housing, and more.

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

South Lakes has the higher population (6,132 vs 3,905 in Butte). Butte has the higher median household income ($105,625 vs $89,632 in South Lakes). South Lakes has the higher median home value ($367,700 vs $320,100 in Butte).

Population, income & housing

	Butte	South Lakes
Population	3,905	6,132
Median age	40.1 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$105,625	$89,632
Median home value	$320,100	$367,700
Median gross rent	$1,412	$1,191
Housing units	1,470	2,381
Homeownership rate	80.8%	65.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.9%	23.3%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butte	South Lakes
Population	4,015 → 3,905 (-2.7%)	6,151 → 6,132 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$79,583 → $105,625 (+32.7%)	$87,000 → $89,632 (+3.0%)
Median home value	$254,400 → $320,100 (+25.8%)	$316,800 → $367,700 (+16.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,219 → $1,412 (+15.8%)	$1,042 → $1,191 (+14.3%)

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

South Lakes

Population

6,1516,132

Median household income

$87,000$89,632

Median home value

$316,800$367,700

Median gross rent

$1,042$1,191

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Butte	South Lakes
Under 5	6.0%	8.3%
5 to 17	20.0%	17.0%
18 to 24	7.6%	11.3%
25 to 34	10.9%	16.2%
35 to 44	12.5%	12.4%
45 to 54	13.2%	12.1%
55 to 64	14.7%	11.5%
65 to 74	9.0%	8.7%
75 and over	6.0%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butte	South Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	80.2%	79.7%
Black or African American	0.8%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.6%	2.1%
Asian	1.6%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	2.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	7.9%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butte	South Lakes
No high school diploma	4.3%	4.3%
High school graduate	28.7%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	40.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butte	South Lakes
Drove alone	70.0%	78.1%
Carpooled	8.5%	9.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	6.9%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	6.4%
Other means	5.4%	3.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Butte	South Lakes
1-unit, detached	86.1%	68.6%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	16.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Butte	South Lakes
Poverty rate	7.9%	10.6%
Average household size	2.91	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	34	30
Median year structure built	1991	1989