Butterfield vs Shell Knob

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

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

Shell Knob has the higher population (1,445 vs 536 in Butterfield). Butterfield has the higher median household income ($52,045 vs $51,852 in Shell Knob). Shell Knob has the higher median home value ($304,700 vs $86,800 in Butterfield).

Population, income & housing

	Butterfield	Shell Knob
Population	536	1,445
Median age	29.4 yrs	59.5 yrs
Median household income	$52,045	$51,852
Median home value	$86,800	$304,700
Median gross rent	$856	$1,010
Housing units	189	1,471
Homeownership rate	79.9%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.3%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butterfield	Shell Knob
Population	525 → 536 (+2.1%)	1,091 → 1,445 (+32.4%)
Median household income	$53,125 → $52,045 (-2.0%)	$38,080 → $51,852 (+36.2%)
Median home value	$58,600 → $86,800 (+48.1%)	$197,300 → $304,700 (+54.4%)
Median gross rent	$619 → $856 (+38.3%)	$681 → $1,010 (+48.3%)

Butterfield

Population

525536

Median household income

$53,125$52,045

Median home value

$58,600$86,800

Median gross rent

$619$856

Shell Knob

Population

1,0911,445

Median household income

$38,080$51,852

Median home value

$197,300$304,700

Median gross rent

$681$1,010

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Butterfield	Shell Knob
Under 5	8.4%	3.3%
5 to 17	22.0%	7.9%
18 to 24	13.6%	6.4%
25 to 34	11.4%	10.7%
35 to 44	8.0%	6.2%
45 to 54	13.6%	10.4%
55 to 64	10.3%	18.8%
65 to 74	9.1%	20.6%
75 and over	3.5%	15.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butterfield	Shell Knob
White (non-Hispanic)	44.2%	74.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.6%
Asian	8.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	2.6%	8.5%
Hispanic or Latino	45.0%	14.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butterfield	Shell Knob
No high school diploma	32.3%	9.8%
High school graduate	31.7%	48.4%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree	0.7%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butterfield	Shell Knob
Drove alone	75.6%	59.9%
Carpooled	15.3%	16.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	19.4%
Other means	0.4%	4.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Butterfield	Shell Knob
1-unit, detached	51.3%	84.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	45.5%	8.6%

Poverty & households

	Butterfield	Shell Knob
Poverty rate	13.1%	16.5%
Average household size	3.27	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1985	1993