Butte Falls vs Prospect

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

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

Prospect has the higher population (724 vs 445 in Butte Falls). Butte Falls has the higher median household income ($39,821 vs $39,808 in Prospect). Prospect has the higher median home value ($309,000 vs $166,500 in Butte Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Butte Falls	Prospect
Population	445	724
Median age	41.5 yrs	56.6 yrs
Median household income	$39,821	$39,808
Median home value	$166,500	$309,000
Median gross rent	$800	$744
Housing units	220	320
Homeownership rate	75.4%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.5%	14.0%
Unemployment rate	11.5%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butte Falls	Prospect
Population	366 → 445 (+21.6%)	476 → 724 (+52.1%)
Median household income	$34,444 → $39,821 (+15.6%)	$24,338 → $39,808 (+63.6%)
Median home value	$112,500 → $166,500 (+48.0%)	$146,800 → $309,000 (+110.5%)
Median gross rent	$827 → $800 (-3.3%)	$613 → $744 (+21.4%)

Butte Falls

Population

366445

Median household income

$34,444$39,821

Median home value

$112,500$166,500

Median gross rent

$827$800

Prospect

Population

476724

Median household income

$24,338$39,808

Median home value

$146,800$309,000

Median gross rent

$613$744

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Butte Falls	Prospect
Under 5	4.7%	3.3%
5 to 17	20.7%	15.7%
18 to 24	2.2%	1.9%
25 to 34	11.2%	12.6%
35 to 44	13.7%	6.8%
45 to 54	7.6%	8.3%
55 to 64	14.8%	17.4%
65 to 74	15.5%	16.0%
75 and over	9.4%	18.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butte Falls	Prospect
White (non-Hispanic)	90.1%	76.2%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.7%	18.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butte Falls	Prospect
No high school diploma	5.3%	4.5%
High school graduate	37.9%	17.7%
Some college or associate's	50.3%	63.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butte Falls	Prospect
Drove alone	76.6%	86.1%
Carpooled	10.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.3%	11.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	2.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Butte Falls	Prospect
1-unit, detached	70.5%	61.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.2%	38.4%

Poverty & households

	Butte Falls	Prospect
Poverty rate	22.7%	20.6%
Average household size	2.27	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	36	37
Median year structure built	1970	1977