Butternut vs Mellen

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

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

Mellen has the higher population (538 vs 421 in Butternut). Butternut has the higher median household income ($43,750 vs $40,125 in Mellen). Mellen has the higher median home value ($78,700 vs $74,300 in Butternut).

Population, income & housing

	Butternut	Mellen
Population	421	538
Median age	48.5 yrs	49.0 yrs
Median household income	$43,750	$40,125
Median home value	$74,300	$78,700
Median gross rent	$623	$608
Housing units	237	333
Homeownership rate	56.5%	75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	13.5%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butternut	Mellen
Population	454 → 421 (-7.3%)	638 → 538 (-15.7%)
Median household income	$34,861 → $43,750 (+25.5%)	$31,389 → $40,125 (+27.8%)
Median home value	$65,700 → $74,300 (+13.1%)	$64,300 → $78,700 (+22.4%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $623 (+8.3%)	$523 → $608 (+16.3%)

Butternut

Population

454421

Median household income

$34,861$43,750

Median home value

$65,700$74,300

Median gross rent

$575$623

Mellen

Population

638538

Median household income

$31,389$40,125

Median home value

$64,300$78,700

Median gross rent

$523$608

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Butternut	Mellen
Under 5	6.4%	2.8%
5 to 17	13.5%	14.9%
18 to 24	2.6%	10.8%
25 to 34	11.6%	5.2%
35 to 44	13.1%	9.3%
45 to 54	8.1%	10.0%
55 to 64	10.0%	21.4%
65 to 74	26.8%	11.7%
75 and over	7.8%	13.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butternut	Mellen
White (non-Hispanic)	97.6%	93.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.9%	1.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butternut	Mellen
No high school diploma	4.6%	7.3%
High school graduate	53.1%	44.9%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butternut	Mellen
Drove alone	81.0%	77.7%
Carpooled	4.3%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.2%	12.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	3.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Butternut	Mellen
1-unit, detached	57.0%	73.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	31.6%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	4.8%
20 or more units	2.5%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	9.3%

Poverty & households

	Butternut	Mellen
Poverty rate	18.9%	12.4%
Average household size	1.97	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	19	16
Median year structure built	1959	1950