Butte Creek Canyon vs Stirling City

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

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

Butte Creek Canyon has the higher population (783 vs 436 in Stirling City). Butte Creek Canyon has the higher median household income ($100,197 vs $56,026 in Stirling City). Butte Creek Canyon has the higher median home value ($700,700 vs $256,800 in Stirling City).

Population, income & housing

	Butte Creek Canyon	Stirling City
Population	783	436
Median age	54.4 yrs	26.9 yrs
Median household income	$100,197	$56,026
Median home value	$700,700	$256,800
Median gross rent	—	$950
Housing units	374	205
Homeownership rate	82.3%	71.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.8%	3.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	47.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butte Creek Canyon	Stirling City
Population	958 → 783 (-18.3%)	374 → 436 (+16.6%)
Median household income	$76,912 → $100,197 (+30.3%)	$29,537 → $56,026 (+89.7%)
Median home value	$438,500 → $700,700 (+59.8%)	$216,700 → $256,800 (+18.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$588 → $950 (+61.6%)

Butte Creek Canyon

Population

958783

Median household income

$76,912$100,197

Median home value

$438,500$700,700

Stirling City

Population

374436

Median household income

$29,537$56,026

Median home value

$216,700$256,800

Median gross rent

$588$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Butte Creek Canyon	Stirling City
Under 5	0.0%	18.3%
5 to 17	15.1%	14.4%
18 to 24	5.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	6.5%	20.6%
35 to 44	12.6%	4.8%
45 to 54	13.4%	0.0%
55 to 64	17.6%	31.0%
65 to 74	21.3%	6.2%
75 and over	8.3%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butte Creek Canyon	Stirling City
White (non-Hispanic)	81.9%	93.3%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butte Creek Canyon	Stirling City
No high school diploma	5.9%	5.5%
High school graduate	17.3%	77.8%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	13.3%
Bachelor's degree	25.1%	3.4%
Graduate or professional degree	23.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butte Creek Canyon	Stirling City
Drove alone	84.5%	88.4%
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%	11.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Butte Creek Canyon	Stirling City
1-unit, detached	86.6%	100.0%
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%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Butte Creek Canyon	Stirling City
Poverty rate	14.9%	17.5%
Average household size	2.66	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	17	—
Median year structure built	2008	1941