Butterfield vs Tornillo

A side-by-side comparison of Butterfield and Tornillo: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Tornillo has the higher population (1,381 vs 236 in Butterfield). Since 2019, Butterfield's population has grown faster (+293.3% vs +25.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Butterfield	Tornillo
Population	236	1,381
Median age	23.7 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	—	$56,587
Median home value	—	$78,500
Housing units	112	448
Homeownership rate	90.1%	95.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	6.7%
Unemployment rate	12.0%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butterfield	Tornillo
Population	60 → 236 (+293.3%)	1,105 → 1,381 (+25.0%)
Median household income	$2,499 → $2,499 (+0.0%)	$34,792 → $56,587 (+62.6%)
Median home value	$22,500 → $22,000 (-2.2%)	$81,100 → $78,500 (-3.2%)

Butterfield

Population

60236

Median household income

$2,499$2,499

Median home value

$22,500$22,000

Tornillo

Population

1,1051,381

Median household income

$34,792$56,587

Median home value

$81,100$78,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Butterfield	Tornillo
Under 5	0.0%	0.4%
5 to 17	28.0%	16.9%
18 to 24	25.4%	14.8%
25 to 34	3.4%	14.6%
35 to 44	9.3%	8.5%
45 to 54	5.9%	11.2%
55 to 64	3.0%	9.1%
65 to 74	16.5%	20.1%
75 and over	8.5%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butterfield	Tornillo
White (non-Hispanic)	5.9%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	94.1%	100.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butterfield	Tornillo
No high school diploma	22.7%	49.4%
High school graduate	28.2%	24.6%
Some college or associate's	49.1%	19.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butterfield	Tornillo
Drove alone	100.0%	89.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Butterfield	Tornillo
1-unit, detached	54.5%	58.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
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	45.5%	41.1%

Poverty & households

	Butterfield	Tornillo
Poverty rate	74.2%	29.6%
Average household size	3.32	3.38
Mean commute (minutes)	—	24
Median year structure built	1993	1991