Butterfield vs Seligman

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

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

Seligman has the higher population (974 vs 536 in Butterfield). Butterfield has the higher median household income ($52,045 vs $45,052 in Seligman). Butterfield has the higher median home value ($86,800 vs $85,000 in Seligman).

Population, income & housing

	Butterfield	Seligman
Population	536	974
Median age	29.4 yrs	27.3 yrs
Median household income	$52,045	$45,052
Median home value	$86,800	$85,000
Median gross rent	$856	$785
Housing units	189	397
Homeownership rate	79.9%	49.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.3%	4.9%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butterfield	Seligman
Population	525 → 536 (+2.1%)	881 → 974 (+10.6%)
Median household income	$53,125 → $52,045 (-2.0%)	$26,827 → $45,052 (+67.9%)
Median home value	$58,600 → $86,800 (+48.1%)	$78,300 → $85,000 (+8.6%)
Median gross rent	$619 → $856 (+38.3%)	$638 → $785 (+23.0%)

Butterfield

Population

525536

Median household income

$53,125$52,045

Median home value

$58,600$86,800

Median gross rent

$619$856

Seligman

Population

881974

Median household income

$26,827$45,052

Median home value

$78,300$85,000

Median gross rent

$638$785

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Butterfield	Seligman
Under 5	8.4%	10.7%
5 to 17	22.0%	25.4%
18 to 24	13.6%	7.8%
25 to 34	11.4%	15.0%
35 to 44	8.0%	9.9%
45 to 54	13.6%	14.4%
55 to 64	10.3%	10.8%
65 to 74	9.1%	3.6%
75 and over	3.5%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butterfield	Seligman
White (non-Hispanic)	44.2%	80.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.9%
Asian	8.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.6%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	45.0%	10.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butterfield	Seligman
No high school diploma	32.3%	21.2%
High school graduate	31.7%	44.8%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.7%	4.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butterfield	Seligman
Drove alone	75.6%	81.7%
Carpooled	15.3%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	1.6%
Other means	0.4%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Butterfield	Seligman
1-unit, detached	51.3%	54.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	45.5%	40.3%

Poverty & households

	Butterfield	Seligman
Poverty rate	13.1%	20.0%
Average household size	3.27	3.09
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	1985	1988