Butte Creek Canyon vs Butte Valley

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

Butte Creek Canyon 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 783 in Butte Creek Canyon). Butte Creek Canyon has the higher median household income ($100,197 vs $94,531 in Butte Valley). Butte Creek Canyon has the higher median home value ($700,700 vs $492,400 in Butte Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Butte Creek Canyon	Butte Valley
Population	783	870
Median age	54.4 yrs	56.3 yrs
Median household income	$100,197	$94,531
Median home value	$700,700	$492,400
Housing units	374	494
Homeownership rate	82.3%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.8%	54.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butte Creek Canyon	Butte Valley
Population	958 → 783 (-18.3%)	736 → 870 (+18.2%)
Median household income	$76,912 → $100,197 (+30.3%)	$80,984 → $94,531 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$438,500 → $700,700 (+59.8%)	$511,400 → $492,400 (-3.7%)

Butte Creek Canyon

Population

958783

Median household income

$76,912$100,197

Median home value

$438,500$700,700

Butte Valley

Population

736870

Median household income

$80,984$94,531

Median home value

$511,400$492,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Butte Creek Canyon	Butte Valley
Under 5	0.0%	7.9%
5 to 17	15.1%	13.9%
18 to 24	5.1%	2.2%
25 to 34	6.5%	9.3%
35 to 44	12.6%	4.1%
45 to 54	13.4%	12.1%
55 to 64	17.6%	12.2%
65 to 74	21.3%	26.6%
75 and over	8.3%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butte Creek Canyon	Butte Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	81.9%	75.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.8%	23.6%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butte Creek Canyon	Butte Valley
No high school diploma	5.9%	3.9%
High school graduate	17.3%	18.9%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	25.1%	29.0%
Graduate or professional degree	23.7%	25.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butte Creek Canyon	Butte Valley
Drove alone	84.5%	52.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.5%	47.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Butte Creek Canyon	Butte Valley
1-unit, detached	86.6%	80.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	19.2%

Poverty & households

	Butte Creek Canyon	Butte Valley
Poverty rate	14.9%	12.4%
Average household size	2.66	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	17	26
Median year structure built	2008	1987