Butterfield vs Golden

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

Butterfield and Golden 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 277 in Golden). Butterfield has the higher median household income ($52,045 vs $44,091 in Golden). Golden has the higher median home value ($208,000 vs $86,800 in Butterfield).

Population, income & housing

	Butterfield	Golden
Population	536	277
Median age	29.4 yrs	58.7 yrs
Median household income	$52,045	$44,091
Median home value	$86,800	$208,000
Median gross rent	$856	—
Housing units	189	204
Homeownership rate	79.9%	69.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.3%	26.0%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butterfield	Golden
Population	525 → 536 (+2.1%)	415 → 277 (-33.3%)
Median household income	$53,125 → $52,045 (-2.0%)	$43,100 → $44,091 (+2.3%)
Median home value	$58,600 → $86,800 (+48.1%)	$120,800 → $208,000 (+72.2%)
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

Golden

Population

415277

Median household income

$43,100$44,091

Median home value

$120,800$208,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Butterfield	Golden
Under 5	8.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	22.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	13.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	11.4%	18.8%
35 to 44	8.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	13.6%	15.9%
55 to 64	10.3%	37.5%
65 to 74	9.1%	13.4%
75 and over	3.5%	14.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butterfield	Golden
White (non-Hispanic)	44.2%	81.2%
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%	18.8%
Hispanic or Latino	45.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butterfield	Golden
No high school diploma	32.3%	22.4%
High school graduate	31.7%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	16.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.7%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	15.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butterfield	Golden
Drove alone	75.6%	77.9%
Carpooled	15.3%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	6.4%
Other means	0.4%	6.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Butterfield	Golden
1-unit, detached	51.3%	69.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	25.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	45.5%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Butterfield	Golden
Poverty rate	13.1%	6.1%
Average household size	3.27	1.36
Mean commute (minutes)	21	27
Median year structure built	1985	1975