Butterfield vs Darfur

A side-by-side comparison of Butterfield and Darfur: population, income, housing, and more.

Butterfield and Darfur are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Butterfield has the higher population (486 vs 112 in Darfur). Darfur has the higher median household income ($62,500 vs $57,292 in Butterfield). Butterfield has the higher median home value ($77,800 vs $65,000 in Darfur).

Population, income & housing

	Butterfield	Darfur
Population	486	112
Median age	42.8 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$57,292	$62,500
Median home value	$77,800	$65,000
Median gross rent	$683	—
Housing units	187	82
Homeownership rate	81.8%	77.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.2%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	13.9%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butterfield	Darfur
Population	501 → 486 (-3.0%)	74 → 112 (+51.4%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $57,292 (+38.9%)	$41,500 → $62,500 (+50.6%)
Median home value	$59,000 → $77,800 (+31.9%)	$32,200 → $65,000 (+101.9%)
Median gross rent	$788 → $683 (-13.3%)	—

Butterfield

Population

501486

Median household income

$41,250$57,292

Median home value

$59,000$77,800

Median gross rent

$788$683

Darfur

Population

74112

Median household income

$41,500$62,500

Median home value

$32,200$65,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Butterfield	Darfur
Under 5	9.1%	5.4%
5 to 17	19.1%	23.2%
18 to 24	5.6%	15.2%
25 to 34	11.5%	5.4%
35 to 44	7.8%	15.2%
45 to 54	8.2%	12.5%
55 to 64	5.6%	12.5%
65 to 74	24.1%	8.9%
75 and over	9.1%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butterfield	Darfur
White (non-Hispanic)	57.6%	88.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	36.0%	11.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butterfield	Darfur
No high school diploma	29.8%	19.0%
High school graduate	41.6%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	18.3%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butterfield	Darfur
Drove alone	78.4%	23.8%
Carpooled	13.4%	57.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	15.9%
Other means	2.6%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Butterfield	Darfur
1-unit, detached	74.9%	93.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.4%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Butterfield	Darfur
Poverty rate	12.1%	5.4%
Average household size	2.69	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	17	38
Median year structure built	1961	1942