Bristow vs Butte

A side-by-side comparison of Bristow and Butte: population, income, housing, and more.

Bristow and Butte are places in Nebraska. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Butte has the higher population (357 vs 58 in Bristow). Butte has the higher median household income ($52,500 vs $46,250 in Bristow). Since 2019, Butte's population has grown faster (+5.9% vs -41.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Bristow	Butte
Population	58	357
Median age	46.0 yrs	59.5 yrs
Median household income	$46,250	$52,500
Median home value	—	$66,700
Median gross rent	—	$608
Housing units	45	201
Homeownership rate	95.0%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.4%	36.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bristow	Butte
Population	99 → 58 (-41.4%)	337 → 357 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$43,750 → $46,250 (+5.7%)	$52,500 → $52,500 (+0.0%)
Median home value	—	$42,500 → $66,700 (+56.9%)
Median gross rent	$738 → $775 (+5.0%)	$483 → $608 (+25.9%)

Bristow

Population

9958

Median household income

$43,750$46,250

Median gross rent

$738$775

Butte

Population

337357

Median household income

$52,500$52,500

Median home value

$42,500$66,700

Median gross rent

$483$608

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bristow	Butte
Under 5	0.0%	3.1%
5 to 17	41.4%	7.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.2%
25 to 34	1.7%	7.8%
35 to 44	6.9%	17.6%
45 to 54	19.0%	3.6%
55 to 64	8.6%	16.5%
65 to 74	12.1%	22.4%
75 and over	10.3%	15.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bristow	Butte
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	81.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	16.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bristow	Butte
No high school diploma	2.9%	3.7%
High school graduate	23.5%	28.3%
Some college or associate's	44.1%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	2.9%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	26.5%	20.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bristow	Butte
Drove alone	91.7%	78.7%
Carpooled	8.3%	2.7%
Public transit	0.0%	4.1%
Walked	0.0%	7.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bristow	Butte
1-unit, detached	75.6%	87.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.4%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Bristow	Butte
Poverty rate	8.6%	6.1%
Average household size	2.90	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	28	16
Median year structure built	1938	1947