Butterfield vs St. James

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

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

St. James has the higher population (4,740 vs 486 in Butterfield). Butterfield has the higher median household income ($57,292 vs $57,031 in St. James). St. James has the higher median home value ($109,600 vs $77,800 in Butterfield).

Population, income & housing

	Butterfield	St. James
Population	486	4,740
Median age	42.8 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$57,292	$57,031
Median home value	$77,800	$109,600
Median gross rent	$683	$805
Housing units	187	2,091
Homeownership rate	81.8%	68.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.2%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	13.9%	9.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butterfield	St. James
Population	501 → 486 (-3.0%)	4,444 → 4,740 (+6.7%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $57,292 (+38.9%)	$48,025 → $57,031 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$59,000 → $77,800 (+31.9%)	$82,500 → $109,600 (+32.8%)
Median gross rent	$788 → $683 (-13.3%)	$640 → $805 (+25.8%)

Butterfield

Population

501486

Median household income

$41,250$57,292

Median home value

$59,000$77,800

Median gross rent

$788$683

St. James

Population

4,4444,740

Median household income

$48,025$57,031

Median home value

$82,500$109,600

Median gross rent

$640$805

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Butterfield	St. James
Under 5	9.1%	6.2%
5 to 17	19.1%	23.2%
18 to 24	5.6%	7.9%
25 to 34	11.5%	11.1%
35 to 44	7.8%	11.5%
45 to 54	8.2%	9.7%
55 to 64	5.6%	14.4%
65 to 74	24.1%	7.2%
75 and over	9.1%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butterfield	St. James
White (non-Hispanic)	57.6%	54.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	4.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.6%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	36.0%	44.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butterfield	St. James
No high school diploma	29.8%	14.0%
High school graduate	41.6%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	18.3%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butterfield	St. James
Drove alone	78.4%	70.5%
Carpooled	13.4%	17.3%
Public transit	0.0%	3.0%
Walked	5.7%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.0%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Butterfield	St. James
1-unit, detached	74.9%	67.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	8.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.2%
Mobile home & other	21.4%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Butterfield	St. James
Poverty rate	12.1%	19.3%
Average household size	2.69	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	17	20
Median year structure built	1961	1972