Butte vs Willow

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

Butte and Willow 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 1,769 in Willow). Butte has the higher median household income ($105,625 vs $74,669 in Willow). Butte has the higher median home value ($320,100 vs $285,100 in Willow).

Population, income & housing

	Butte	Willow
Population	3,905	1,769
Median age	40.1 yrs	46.7 yrs
Median household income	$105,625	$74,669
Median home value	$320,100	$285,100
Median gross rent	$1,412	$1,282
Housing units	1,470	1,922
Homeownership rate	80.8%	90.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.9%	25.8%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butte	Willow
Population	4,015 → 3,905 (-2.7%)	1,987 → 1,769 (-11.0%)
Median household income	$79,583 → $105,625 (+32.7%)	$52,768 → $74,669 (+41.5%)
Median home value	$254,400 → $320,100 (+25.8%)	$193,200 → $285,100 (+47.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,219 → $1,412 (+15.8%)	$1,135 → $1,282 (+13.0%)

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

Willow

Population

1,9871,769

Median household income

$52,768$74,669

Median home value

$193,200$285,100

Median gross rent

$1,135$1,282

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Butte	Willow
Under 5	6.0%	4.9%
5 to 17	20.0%	17.6%
18 to 24	7.6%	2.4%
25 to 34	10.9%	7.5%
35 to 44	12.5%	14.1%
45 to 54	13.2%	14.7%
55 to 64	14.7%	16.0%
65 to 74	9.0%	15.0%
75 and over	6.0%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butte	Willow
White (non-Hispanic)	80.2%	87.0%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.6%	3.5%
Asian	1.6%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.9%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butte	Willow
No high school diploma	4.3%	5.9%
High school graduate	28.7%	30.0%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butte	Willow
Drove alone	70.0%	67.8%
Carpooled	8.5%	8.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	6.9%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	13.1%
Other means	5.4%	8.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Butte	Willow
1-unit, detached	86.1%	98.4%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Butte	Willow
Poverty rate	7.9%	14.8%
Average household size	2.91	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	34	60
Median year structure built	1991	1994