Butte Falls vs Gold Hill

A side-by-side comparison of Butte Falls and Gold Hill: population, income, housing, and more.

Butte Falls and Gold Hill are places in Oregon. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Gold Hill has the higher population (1,264 vs 445 in Butte Falls). Gold Hill has the higher median household income ($47,500 vs $39,821 in Butte Falls). Gold Hill has the higher median home value ($299,000 vs $166,500 in Butte Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Butte Falls	Gold Hill
Population	445	1,264
Median age	41.5 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$39,821	$47,500
Median home value	$166,500	$299,000
Median gross rent	$800	$1,400
Housing units	220	569
Homeownership rate	75.4%	66.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.5%	11.8%
Unemployment rate	11.5%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butte Falls	Gold Hill
Population	366 → 445 (+21.6%)	1,437 → 1,264 (-12.0%)
Median household income	$34,444 → $39,821 (+15.6%)	$48,750 → $47,500 (-2.6%)
Median home value	$112,500 → $166,500 (+48.0%)	$205,100 → $299,000 (+45.8%)
Median gross rent	$827 → $800 (-3.3%)	$1,145 → $1,400 (+22.3%)

Butte Falls

Population

366445

Median household income

$34,444$39,821

Median home value

$112,500$166,500

Median gross rent

$827$800

Gold Hill

Population

1,4371,264

Median household income

$48,750$47,500

Median home value

$205,100$299,000

Median gross rent

$1,145$1,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Butte Falls	Gold Hill
Under 5	4.7%	6.0%
5 to 17	20.7%	17.3%
18 to 24	2.2%	5.8%
25 to 34	11.2%	16.0%
35 to 44	13.7%	16.6%
45 to 54	7.6%	7.8%
55 to 64	14.8%	11.8%
65 to 74	15.5%	11.9%
75 and over	9.4%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butte Falls	Gold Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	90.1%	86.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.1%
Two or more races	9.7%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butte Falls	Gold Hill
No high school diploma	5.3%	6.9%
High school graduate	37.9%	38.7%
Some college or associate's	50.3%	42.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butte Falls	Gold Hill
Drove alone	76.6%	82.9%
Carpooled	10.9%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.3%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	10.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Butte Falls	Gold Hill
1-unit, detached	70.5%	72.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	11.4%	13.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.2%	12.1%

Poverty & households

	Butte Falls	Gold Hill
Poverty rate	22.7%	19.3%
Average household size	2.27	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	36	19
Median year structure built	1970	1976