Butternut vs Glidden

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

Butternut and Glidden 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 214 in Glidden). Glidden has the higher median household income ($44,750 vs $43,750 in Butternut). Glidden has the higher median home value ($76,000 vs $74,300 in Butternut).

Population, income & housing

	Butternut	Glidden
Population	421	214
Median age	48.5 yrs	60.5 yrs
Median household income	$43,750	$44,750
Median home value	$74,300	$76,000
Median gross rent	$623	$568
Housing units	237	288
Homeownership rate	56.5%	65.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	10.2%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butternut	Glidden
Population	454 → 421 (-7.3%)	316 → 214 (-32.3%)
Median household income	$34,861 → $43,750 (+25.5%)	$31,917 → $44,750 (+40.2%)
Median home value	$65,700 → $74,300 (+13.1%)	$60,000 → $76,000 (+26.7%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $623 (+8.3%)	$493 → $568 (+15.2%)

Butternut

Population

454421

Median household income

$34,861$43,750

Median home value

$65,700$74,300

Median gross rent

$575$623

Glidden

Population

316214

Median household income

$31,917$44,750

Median home value

$60,000$76,000

Median gross rent

$493$568

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Butternut	Glidden
Under 5	6.4%	2.8%
5 to 17	13.5%	9.3%
18 to 24	2.6%	0.5%
25 to 34	11.6%	2.8%
35 to 44	13.1%	13.1%
45 to 54	8.1%	12.6%
55 to 64	10.0%	11.2%
65 to 74	26.8%	16.4%
75 and over	7.8%	31.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butternut	Glidden
White (non-Hispanic)	97.6%	91.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butternut	Glidden
No high school diploma	4.6%	4.8%
High school graduate	53.1%	62.0%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butternut	Glidden
Drove alone	81.0%	54.5%
Carpooled	4.3%	14.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.2%	17.2%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	14.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Butternut	Glidden
1-unit, detached	57.0%	59.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	31.6%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	16.0%
20 or more units	2.5%	10.4%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Butternut	Glidden
Poverty rate	18.9%	7.0%
Average household size	1.97	1.66
Mean commute (minutes)	19	24
Median year structure built	1959	1971