Bangor vs Butte Valley

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

Bangor and Butte Valley are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Butte Valley has the higher population (870 vs 459 in Bangor). Bangor has the higher median household income ($98,438 vs $94,531 in Butte Valley). Butte Valley has the higher median home value ($492,400 vs $363,600 in Bangor).

Population, income & housing

	Bangor	Butte Valley
Population	459	870
Median age	66.5 yrs	56.3 yrs
Median household income	$98,438	$94,531
Median home value	$363,600	$492,400
Housing units	259	494
Homeownership rate	95.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	54.5%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bangor	Butte Valley
Population	429 → 459 (+7.0%)	736 → 870 (+18.2%)
Median household income	$61,875 → $98,438 (+59.1%)	$80,984 → $94,531 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$331,100 → $363,600 (+9.8%)	$511,400 → $492,400 (-3.7%)

Bangor

Population

429459

Median household income

$61,875$98,438

Median home value

$331,100$363,600

Butte Valley

Population

736870

Median household income

$80,984$94,531

Median home value

$511,400$492,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bangor	Butte Valley
Under 5	1.7%	7.9%
5 to 17	9.8%	13.9%
18 to 24	1.5%	2.2%
25 to 34	2.2%	9.3%
35 to 44	6.5%	4.1%
45 to 54	13.5%	12.1%
55 to 64	8.1%	12.2%
65 to 74	36.4%	26.6%
75 and over	20.3%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bangor	Butte Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	75.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	23.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.5%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bangor	Butte Valley
No high school diploma	6.3%	3.9%
High school graduate	42.6%	18.9%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	29.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	25.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bangor	Butte Valley
Drove alone	70.5%	52.6%
Carpooled	15.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.6%	47.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bangor	Butte Valley
1-unit, detached	74.9%	80.8%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.6%	19.2%

Poverty & households

	Bangor	Butte Valley
Poverty rate	5.2%	12.4%
Average household size	2.30	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	32	26
Median year structure built	1981	1987