Butte vs Spencer

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

Butte and Spencer 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 298 in Spencer). Spencer has the higher median household income ($55,469 vs $52,500 in Butte). Spencer has the higher median home value ($85,800 vs $66,700 in Butte).

Population, income & housing

	Butte	Spencer
Population	357	298
Median age	59.5 yrs	59.3 yrs
Median household income	$52,500	$55,469
Median home value	$66,700	$85,800
Median gross rent	$608	$683
Housing units	201	236
Homeownership rate	81.3%	67.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.0%	8.4%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butte	Spencer
Population	337 → 357 (+5.9%)	368 → 298 (-19.0%)
Median household income	$52,500 → $52,500 (+0.0%)	$41,705 → $55,469 (+33.0%)
Median home value	$42,500 → $66,700 (+56.9%)	$76,000 → $85,800 (+12.9%)
Median gross rent	$483 → $608 (+25.9%)	$558 → $683 (+22.4%)

Butte

Population

337357

Median household income

$52,500$52,500

Median home value

$42,500$66,700

Median gross rent

$483$608

Spencer

Population

368298

Median household income

$41,705$55,469

Median home value

$76,000$85,800

Median gross rent

$558$683

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Butte	Spencer
Under 5	3.1%	1.0%
5 to 17	7.6%	11.7%
18 to 24	6.2%	11.4%
25 to 34	7.8%	3.7%
35 to 44	17.6%	11.4%
45 to 54	3.6%	4.4%
55 to 64	16.5%	20.8%
65 to 74	22.4%	22.5%
75 and over	15.1%	13.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butte	Spencer
White (non-Hispanic)	81.2%	95.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.5%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.3%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	16.2%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butte	Spencer
No high school diploma	3.7%	5.3%
High school graduate	28.3%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	51.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	20.9%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butte	Spencer
Drove alone	78.7%	74.4%
Carpooled	2.7%	8.5%
Public transit	4.1%	0.0%
Walked	7.7%	15.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	1.2%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Butte	Spencer
1-unit, detached	87.6%	97.0%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Butte	Spencer
Poverty rate	6.1%	11.1%
Average household size	2.20	1.72
Mean commute (minutes)	16	19
Median year structure built	1947	1958