Butler vs Wenonah

A side-by-side comparison of Butler and Wenonah: population, income, housing, and more.

Butler and Wenonah are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Butler has the higher population (247 vs 30 in Wenonah). Wenonah has the higher median household income ($98,750 vs $62,869 in Butler). Wenonah has the higher median home value ($112,500 vs $83,400 in Butler).

Population, income & housing

	Butler	Wenonah
Population	247	30
Median age	35.6 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$62,869	$98,750
Median home value	$83,400	$112,500
Housing units	130	11
Homeownership rate	73.9%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	18.2%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	15.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butler	Wenonah
Population	262 → 247 (-5.7%)	38 → 30 (-21.1%)
Median household income	$42,500 → $62,869 (+47.9%)	$84,107 → $98,750 (+17.4%)
Median home value	$65,500 → $83,400 (+27.3%)	$46,300 → $112,500 (+143.0%)

Butler

Population

262247

Median household income

$42,500$62,869

Median home value

$65,500$83,400

Wenonah

Population

3830

Median household income

$84,107$98,750

Median home value

$46,300$112,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Butler	Wenonah
Under 5	0.8%	6.7%
5 to 17	22.7%	10.0%
18 to 24	0.8%	10.0%
25 to 34	5.7%	20.0%
35 to 44	44.9%	6.7%
45 to 54	4.9%	0.0%
55 to 64	7.7%	20.0%
65 to 74	8.5%	13.3%
75 and over	4.0%	13.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butler	Wenonah
White (non-Hispanic)	82.2%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	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	17.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butler	Wenonah
No high school diploma	4.3%	13.6%
High school graduate	56.1%	31.8%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	36.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butler	Wenonah
Drove alone	97.9%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Butler	Wenonah
1-unit, detached	86.9%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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	13.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Butler	Wenonah
Poverty rate	4.9%	0.0%
Average household size	2.15	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	29	42
Median year structure built	1938	1948