Butters vs East Arcadia

A side-by-side comparison of Butters and East Arcadia: population, income, housing, and more.

Butters and East Arcadia are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

East Arcadia has the higher population (313 vs 77 in Butters). Since 2019, East Arcadia's population has grown faster (-32.0% vs -61.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Butters	East Arcadia
Population	77	313
Median age	66.2 yrs	54.5 yrs
Median household income	—	$50,595
Median home value	—	$116,700
Median gross rent	—	$725
Housing units	42	138
Homeownership rate	100.0%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	33.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	26.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butters	East Arcadia
Population	199 → 77 (-61.3%)	460 → 313 (-32.0%)
Median household income	$30,625 → $30,885 (+0.8%)	$26,458 → $50,595 (+91.2%)
Median home value	$55,400 → $75,000 (+35.4%)	$73,800 → $116,700 (+58.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$658 → $725 (+10.2%)

Butters

Population

19977

Median household income

$30,625$30,885

Median home value

$55,400$75,000

East Arcadia

Population

460313

Median household income

$26,458$50,595

Median home value

$73,800$116,700

Median gross rent

$658$725

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Butters	East Arcadia
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	2.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.1%
25 to 34	0.0%	6.7%
35 to 44	0.0%	14.1%
45 to 54	0.0%	23.3%
55 to 64	45.5%	30.7%
65 to 74	20.8%	11.2%
75 and over	33.8%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butters	East Arcadia
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	97.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butters	East Arcadia
No high school diploma	10.4%	5.9%
High school graduate	23.4%	22.1%
Some college or associate's	66.2%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	13.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butters	East Arcadia
Drove alone	100.0%	51.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	20.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	22.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Butters	East Arcadia
1-unit, detached	100.0%	64.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	28.3%

Poverty & households

	Butters	East Arcadia
Poverty rate	0.0%	9.6%
Average household size	1.83	3.01
Mean commute (minutes)	—	25
Median year structure built	1957	1988