Birch Hill vs Butternut

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

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

Butternut has the higher population (421 vs 279 in Birch Hill). Birch Hill has the higher median household income ($51,875 vs $43,750 in Butternut). Butternut has the higher median home value ($74,300 vs $54,200 in Birch Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Birch Hill	Butternut
Population	279	421
Median age	32.5 yrs	48.5 yrs
Median household income	$51,875	$43,750
Median home value	$54,200	$74,300
Median gross rent	$469	$623
Housing units	98	237
Homeownership rate	29.3%	56.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	14.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Birch Hill	Butternut
Population	354 → 279 (-21.2%)	454 → 421 (-7.3%)
Median household income	$40,000 → $51,875 (+29.7%)	$34,861 → $43,750 (+25.5%)
Median home value	$53,800 → $54,200 (+0.7%)	$65,700 → $74,300 (+13.1%)
Median gross rent	$405 → $469 (+15.8%)	$575 → $623 (+8.3%)

Birch Hill

Population

354279

Median household income

$40,000$51,875

Median home value

$53,800$54,200

Median gross rent

$405$469

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)

	Birch Hill	Butternut
Under 5	10.4%	6.4%
5 to 17	5.7%	13.5%
18 to 24	19.4%	2.6%
25 to 34	30.8%	11.6%
35 to 44	3.2%	13.1%
45 to 54	19.7%	8.1%
55 to 64	4.3%	10.0%
65 to 74	3.6%	26.8%
75 and over	2.9%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Birch Hill	Butternut
White (non-Hispanic)	3.2%	97.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	93.9%	1.9%
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%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Birch Hill	Butternut
No high school diploma	2.8%	4.6%
High school graduate	15.0%	53.1%
Some college or associate's	82.2%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Birch Hill	Butternut
Drove alone	74.0%	81.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.3%
Public transit	22.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	9.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	3.4%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Birch Hill	Butternut
1-unit, detached	95.9%	57.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	31.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Birch Hill	Butternut
Poverty rate	44.8%	18.9%
Average household size	3.03	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1986	1959