Butternut vs Marengo

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

Butternut and Marengo 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 142 in Marengo). Marengo has the higher median household income ($55,833 vs $43,750 in Butternut). Marengo has the higher median home value ($118,800 vs $74,300 in Butternut).

Population, income & housing

	Butternut	Marengo
Population	421	142
Median age	48.5 yrs	27.7 yrs
Median household income	$43,750	$55,833
Median home value	$74,300	$118,800
Median gross rent	$623	$734
Housing units	237	71
Homeownership rate	56.5%	55.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	19.2%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butternut	Marengo
Population	454 → 421 (-7.3%)	115 → 142 (+23.5%)
Median household income	$34,861 → $43,750 (+25.5%)	$51,875 → $55,833 (+7.6%)
Median home value	$65,700 → $74,300 (+13.1%)	$86,000 → $118,800 (+38.1%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $623 (+8.3%)	$719 → $734 (+2.1%)

Butternut

Population

454421

Median household income

$34,861$43,750

Median home value

$65,700$74,300

Median gross rent

$575$623

Marengo

Population

115142

Median household income

$51,875$55,833

Median home value

$86,000$118,800

Median gross rent

$719$734

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Butternut	Marengo
Under 5	6.4%	10.6%
5 to 17	13.5%	15.5%
18 to 24	2.6%	22.5%
25 to 34	11.6%	2.1%
35 to 44	13.1%	10.6%
45 to 54	8.1%	12.0%
55 to 64	10.0%	14.8%
65 to 74	26.8%	7.0%
75 and over	7.8%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butternut	Marengo
White (non-Hispanic)	97.6%	87.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.9%	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	0.5%	12.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butternut	Marengo
No high school diploma	4.6%	4.1%
High school graduate	53.1%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butternut	Marengo
Drove alone	81.0%	91.3%
Carpooled	4.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	8.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Butternut	Marengo
1-unit, detached	57.0%	42.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	31.6%	22.5%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	31.0%

Poverty & households

	Butternut	Marengo
Poverty rate	18.9%	8.6%
Average household size	1.97	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1959	1982