Butterfield vs Chain-O-Lakes

A side-by-side comparison of Butterfield and Chain-O-Lakes: population, income, housing, and more.

Butterfield and Chain-O-Lakes are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Butterfield has the higher population (536 vs 136 in Chain-O-Lakes). Butterfield has the higher median household income ($52,045 vs $25,500 in Chain-O-Lakes). Chain-O-Lakes has the higher median home value ($164,500 vs $86,800 in Butterfield).

Population, income & housing

	Butterfield	Chain-O-Lakes
Population	536	136
Median age	29.4 yrs	60.3 yrs
Median household income	$52,045	$25,500
Median home value	$86,800	$164,500
Median gross rent	$856	—
Housing units	189	108
Homeownership rate	79.9%	92.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.3%	7.2%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butterfield	Chain-O-Lakes
Population	525 → 536 (+2.1%)	86 → 136 (+58.1%)
Median household income	$53,125 → $52,045 (-2.0%)	$25,950 → $25,500 (-1.7%)
Median home value	$58,600 → $86,800 (+48.1%)	$160,400 → $164,500 (+2.6%)
Median gross rent	$619 → $856 (+38.3%)	—

Butterfield

Population

525536

Median household income

$53,125$52,045

Median home value

$58,600$86,800

Median gross rent

$619$856

Chain-O-Lakes

Population

86136

Median household income

$25,950$25,500

Median home value

$160,400$164,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Butterfield	Chain-O-Lakes
Under 5	8.4%	0.7%
5 to 17	22.0%	17.6%
18 to 24	13.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	11.4%	1.5%
35 to 44	8.0%	13.2%
45 to 54	13.6%	11.0%
55 to 64	10.3%	17.6%
65 to 74	9.1%	20.6%
75 and over	3.5%	17.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butterfield	Chain-O-Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	44.2%	80.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	8.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	12.5%
Hispanic or Latino	45.0%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butterfield	Chain-O-Lakes
No high school diploma	32.3%	9.0%
High school graduate	31.7%	42.3%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	41.4%
Bachelor's degree	0.7%	4.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butterfield	Chain-O-Lakes
Drove alone	75.6%	100.0%
Carpooled	15.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Butterfield	Chain-O-Lakes
1-unit, detached	51.3%	89.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	45.5%	10.2%

Poverty & households

	Butterfield	Chain-O-Lakes
Poverty rate	13.1%	58.8%
Average household size	3.27	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	21	29
Median year structure built	1985	1976