Butterfield vs Madelia

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

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

Madelia has the higher population (2,380 vs 486 in Butterfield). Madelia has the higher median household income ($77,500 vs $57,292 in Butterfield). Madelia has the higher median home value ($158,300 vs $77,800 in Butterfield).

Population, income & housing

	Butterfield	Madelia
Population	486	2,380
Median age	42.8 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$57,292	$77,500
Median home value	$77,800	$158,300
Median gross rent	$683	$795
Housing units	187	913
Homeownership rate	81.8%	76.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.2%	18.9%
Unemployment rate	13.9%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butterfield	Madelia
Population	501 → 486 (-3.0%)	2,628 → 2,380 (-9.4%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $57,292 (+38.9%)	$43,700 → $77,500 (+77.3%)
Median home value	$59,000 → $77,800 (+31.9%)	$99,800 → $158,300 (+58.6%)
Median gross rent	$788 → $683 (-13.3%)	$733 → $795 (+8.5%)

Butterfield

Population

501486

Median household income

$41,250$57,292

Median home value

$59,000$77,800

Median gross rent

$788$683

Madelia

Population

2,6282,380

Median household income

$43,700$77,500

Median home value

$99,800$158,300

Median gross rent

$733$795

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Butterfield	Madelia
Under 5	9.1%	12.2%
5 to 17	19.1%	14.2%
18 to 24	5.6%	8.2%
25 to 34	11.5%	15.7%
35 to 44	7.8%	6.1%
45 to 54	8.2%	12.9%
55 to 64	5.6%	12.0%
65 to 74	24.1%	9.9%
75 and over	9.1%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butterfield	Madelia
White (non-Hispanic)	57.6%	65.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.7%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	36.0%	34.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butterfield	Madelia
No high school diploma	29.8%	12.7%
High school graduate	41.6%	34.3%
Some college or associate's	18.3%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butterfield	Madelia
Drove alone	78.4%	77.9%
Carpooled	13.4%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	2.3%
Walked	5.7%	7.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.8%
Other means	2.6%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Butterfield	Madelia
1-unit, detached	74.9%	73.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	7.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	21.4%	8.8%

Poverty & households

	Butterfield	Madelia
Poverty rate	12.1%	9.9%
Average household size	2.69	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	17	26
Median year structure built	1961	1952