Butterfield vs Purdy

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

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

Purdy has the higher population (1,308 vs 536 in Butterfield). Butterfield has the higher median household income ($52,045 vs $43,438 in Purdy). Butterfield has the higher median home value ($86,800 vs $84,200 in Purdy).

Population, income & housing

	Butterfield	Purdy
Population	536	1,308
Median age	29.4 yrs	32.2 yrs
Median household income	$52,045	$43,438
Median home value	$86,800	$84,200
Median gross rent	$856	—
Housing units	189	538
Homeownership rate	79.9%	70.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.3%	5.8%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	14.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butterfield	Purdy
Population	525 → 536 (+2.1%)	1,276 → 1,308 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$53,125 → $52,045 (-2.0%)	$46,071 → $43,438 (-5.7%)
Median home value	$58,600 → $86,800 (+48.1%)	$69,500 → $84,200 (+21.2%)
Median gross rent	$619 → $856 (+38.3%)	$585 → $732 (+25.1%)

Butterfield

Population

525536

Median household income

$53,125$52,045

Median home value

$58,600$86,800

Median gross rent

$619$856

Purdy

Population

1,2761,308

Median household income

$46,071$43,438

Median home value

$69,500$84,200

Median gross rent

$585$732

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Butterfield	Purdy
Under 5	8.4%	7.8%
5 to 17	22.0%	24.9%
18 to 24	13.6%	9.6%
25 to 34	11.4%	17.0%
35 to 44	8.0%	8.9%
45 to 54	13.6%	8.1%
55 to 64	10.3%	9.9%
65 to 74	9.1%	5.9%
75 and over	3.5%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butterfield	Purdy
White (non-Hispanic)	44.2%	71.6%
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%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	45.0%	24.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butterfield	Purdy
No high school diploma	32.3%	25.9%
High school graduate	31.7%	50.1%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	18.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.7%	4.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butterfield	Purdy
Drove alone	75.6%	90.3%
Carpooled	15.3%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	0.4%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Butterfield	Purdy
1-unit, detached	51.3%	67.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	14.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	45.5%	11.7%

Poverty & households

	Butterfield	Purdy
Poverty rate	13.1%	32.8%
Average household size	3.27	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1985	1981