Ashland vs Butternut

A side-by-side comparison of Ashland and Butternut: population, income, housing, and more.

Ashland and Butternut are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ashland has the higher population (7,884 vs 421 in Butternut). Ashland has the higher median household income ($49,258 vs $43,750 in Butternut). Ashland has the higher median home value ($162,200 vs $74,300 in Butternut).

Population, income & housing

	Ashland	Butternut
Population	7,884	421
Median age	40.2 yrs	48.5 yrs
Median household income	$49,258	$43,750
Median home value	$162,200	$74,300
Median gross rent	$697	$623
Housing units	3,830	237
Homeownership rate	60.0%	56.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.9%	14.1%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashland	Butternut
Population	7,892 → 7,884 (-0.1%)	454 → 421 (-7.3%)
Median household income	$38,222 → $49,258 (+28.9%)	$34,861 → $43,750 (+25.5%)
Median home value	$107,700 → $162,200 (+50.6%)	$65,700 → $74,300 (+13.1%)
Median gross rent	$669 → $697 (+4.2%)	$575 → $623 (+8.3%)

Ashland

Population

7,8927,884

Median household income

$38,222$49,258

Median home value

$107,700$162,200

Median gross rent

$669$697

Butternut

Population

454421

Median household income

$34,861$43,750

Median home value

$65,700$74,300

Median gross rent

$575$623

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashland	Butternut
Under 5	4.8%	6.4%
5 to 17	14.4%	13.5%
18 to 24	12.4%	2.6%
25 to 34	11.6%	11.6%
35 to 44	12.0%	13.1%
45 to 54	10.9%	8.1%
55 to 64	13.3%	10.0%
65 to 74	11.7%	26.8%
75 and over	8.7%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashland	Butternut
White (non-Hispanic)	84.0%	97.6%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.5%	1.9%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashland	Butternut
No high school diploma	4.4%	4.6%
High school graduate	34.5%	53.1%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashland	Butternut
Drove alone	72.6%	81.0%
Carpooled	6.9%	4.3%
Public transit	1.3%	0.0%
Walked	8.5%	9.2%
Bicycle	1.5%	0.6%
Worked from home	8.1%	4.9%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashland	Butternut
1-unit, detached	68.3%	57.0%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.4%	31.6%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	7.6%
20 or more units	4.3%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Ashland	Butternut
Poverty rate	24.1%	18.9%
Average household size	2.14	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	13	19
Median year structure built	1957	1959