Butternut vs New Odanah

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

Butternut and New Odanah 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 318 in New Odanah). Butternut has the higher median household income ($43,750 vs $42,125 in New Odanah). New Odanah has the higher median home value ($155,800 vs $74,300 in Butternut).

Population, income & housing

	Butternut	New Odanah
Population	421	318
Median age	48.5 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$43,750	$42,125
Median home value	$74,300	$155,800
Median gross rent	$623	$430
Housing units	237	109
Homeownership rate	56.5%	44.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	6.8%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	17.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butternut	New Odanah
Population	454 → 421 (-7.3%)	484 → 318 (-34.3%)
Median household income	$34,861 → $43,750 (+25.5%)	$45,000 → $42,125 (-6.4%)
Median home value	$65,700 → $74,300 (+13.1%)	$58,800 → $155,800 (+165.0%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $623 (+8.3%)	$332 → $430 (+29.5%)

Butternut

Population

454421

Median household income

$34,861$43,750

Median home value

$65,700$74,300

Median gross rent

$575$623

New Odanah

Population

484318

Median household income

$45,000$42,125

Median home value

$58,800$155,800

Median gross rent

$332$430

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Butternut	New Odanah
Under 5	6.4%	7.2%
5 to 17	13.5%	20.1%
18 to 24	2.6%	2.8%
25 to 34	11.6%	16.7%
35 to 44	13.1%	12.9%
45 to 54	8.1%	9.7%
55 to 64	10.0%	19.8%
65 to 74	26.8%	8.5%
75 and over	7.8%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butternut	New Odanah
White (non-Hispanic)	97.6%	2.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	7.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.9%	70.4%
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%	13.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butternut	New Odanah
No high school diploma	4.6%	3.2%
High school graduate	53.1%	55.9%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butternut	New Odanah
Drove alone	81.0%	69.0%
Carpooled	4.3%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	6.0%
Walked	9.2%	6.9%
Bicycle	0.6%	4.3%
Worked from home	4.9%	6.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Butternut	New Odanah
1-unit, detached	57.0%	56.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	31.6%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	13.8%
20 or more units	2.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	16.5%

Poverty & households

	Butternut	New Odanah
Poverty rate	18.9%	20.5%
Average household size	1.97	3.09
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1959	1988