Butler vs Drowning Creek

A side-by-side comparison of Butler and Drowning Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

Butler and Drowning Creek are places in Oklahoma. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Butler has the higher population (169 vs 135 in Drowning Creek). Since 2019, Butler's population has grown faster (+3.0% vs -44.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Butler	Drowning Creek
Population	169	135
Median age	29.3 yrs	70.1 yrs
Median household income	—	$43,516
Median home value	—	$36,400
Housing units	41	202
Homeownership rate	64.7%	85.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	8.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butler	Drowning Creek
Population	164 → 169 (+3.0%)	244 → 135 (-44.7%)
Median household income	—	$30,461 → $43,516 (+42.9%)
Median home value	—	$30,500 → $36,400 (+19.3%)

Butler

Population

164169

Drowning Creek

Population

244135

Median household income

$30,461$43,516

Median home value

$30,500$36,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Butler	Drowning Creek
Under 5	14.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	24.9%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	46.7%	0.0%
35 to 44	6.5%	12.6%
45 to 54	7.1%	0.0%
55 to 64	0.0%	27.4%
65 to 74	0.0%	39.3%
75 and over	0.0%	20.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butler	Drowning Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	19.5%	89.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	80.5%	10.4%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butler	Drowning Creek
No high school diploma	55.9%	28.1%
High school graduate	32.4%	51.1%
Some college or associate's	11.8%	12.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butler	Drowning Creek
Drove alone	100.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Butler	Drowning Creek
1-unit, detached	82.9%	63.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.1%	36.6%

Poverty & households

	Butler	Drowning Creek
Poverty rate	80.5%	8.9%
Average household size	4.97	1.63
Median year structure built	1977	1975