Butterfield vs Wheaton

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

Butterfield and Wheaton 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 364 in Wheaton). Butterfield has the higher median household income ($52,045 vs $30,000 in Wheaton). Wheaton has the higher median home value ($105,300 vs $86,800 in Butterfield).

Population, income & housing

	Butterfield	Wheaton
Population	536	364
Median age	29.4 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$52,045	$30,000
Median home value	$86,800	$105,300
Median gross rent	$856	$466
Housing units	189	182
Homeownership rate	79.9%	53.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.3%	6.5%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butterfield	Wheaton
Population	525 → 536 (+2.1%)	581 → 364 (-37.3%)
Median household income	$53,125 → $52,045 (-2.0%)	$37,938 → $30,000 (-20.9%)
Median home value	$58,600 → $86,800 (+48.1%)	$79,600 → $105,300 (+32.3%)
Median gross rent	$619 → $856 (+38.3%)	$495 → $466 (-5.9%)

Butterfield

Population

525536

Median household income

$53,125$52,045

Median home value

$58,600$86,800

Median gross rent

$619$856

Wheaton

Population

581364

Median household income

$37,938$30,000

Median home value

$79,600$105,300

Median gross rent

$495$466

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Butterfield	Wheaton
Under 5	8.4%	11.0%
5 to 17	22.0%	14.8%
18 to 24	13.6%	6.6%
25 to 34	11.4%	18.4%
35 to 44	8.0%	12.1%
45 to 54	13.6%	4.9%
55 to 64	10.3%	13.2%
65 to 74	9.1%	13.5%
75 and over	3.5%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butterfield	Wheaton
White (non-Hispanic)	44.2%	86.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.8%
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%	12.4%
Hispanic or Latino	45.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butterfield	Wheaton
No high school diploma	32.3%	16.3%
High school graduate	31.7%	50.0%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.7%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butterfield	Wheaton
Drove alone	75.6%	66.5%
Carpooled	15.3%	33.5%
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	Wheaton
1-unit, detached	51.3%	57.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	16.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	45.5%	17.0%

Poverty & households

	Butterfield	Wheaton
Poverty rate	13.1%	28.7%
Average household size	3.27	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1985	1971