Study Butte vs Terlingua

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

Study Butte and Terlingua are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Study Butte has the higher population (172 vs 138 in Terlingua). Study Butte has the higher median household income ($82,885 vs $45,969 in Terlingua). Since 2019, Terlingua's population has grown faster (+25.5% vs -8.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Study Butte	Terlingua
Population	172	138
Median age	29.4 yrs	61.1 yrs
Median household income	$82,885	$45,969
Median home value	—	$112,500
Median gross rent	$1,332	—
Housing units	112	123
Homeownership rate	32.7%	89.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Study Butte	Terlingua
Population	188 → 172 (-8.5%)	110 → 138 (+25.5%)
Median household income	$35,893 → $82,885 (+130.9%)	$41,250 → $45,969 (+11.4%)
Median home value	—	$163,300 → $112,500 (-31.1%)
Median gross rent	$525 → $1,332 (+153.7%)	—

Study Butte

Population

188172

Median household income

$35,893$82,885

Median gross rent

$525$1,332

Terlingua

Population

110138

Median household income

$41,250$45,969

Median home value

$163,300$112,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Study Butte	Terlingua
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	23.3%	33.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	45.3%	0.0%
35 to 44	5.2%	0.0%
45 to 54	4.7%	12.3%
55 to 64	3.5%	34.8%
65 to 74	18.0%	4.3%
75 and over	0.0%	15.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Study Butte	Terlingua
White (non-Hispanic)	26.2%	97.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	73.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Study Butte	Terlingua
No high school diploma	46.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	22.7%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	17.4%	60.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Study Butte	Terlingua
Drove alone	42.5%	75.0%
Carpooled	57.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.1%
Other means	0.0%	21.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Study Butte	Terlingua
1-unit, detached	24.1%	82.1%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	53.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.8%	17.9%

Poverty & households

	Study Butte	Terlingua
Poverty rate	0.6%	1.4%
Average household size	3.31	1.55
Mean commute (minutes)	16	8
Median year structure built	1990	1977