Big Bend vs Butler

A side-by-side comparison of Big Bend and Butler: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Butler has the higher population (2,003 vs 1,311 in Big Bend). Big Bend has the higher median household income ($136,042 vs $55,577 in Butler). Big Bend has the higher median home value ($293,900 vs $216,300 in Butler).

Population, income & housing

	Big Bend	Butler
Population	1,311	2,003
Median age	43.1 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$136,042	$55,577
Median home value	$293,900	$216,300
Median gross rent	$988	$937
Housing units	568	907
Homeownership rate	88.5%	48.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	30.4%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Bend	Butler
Population	1,348 → 1,311 (-2.7%)	1,821 → 2,003 (+10.0%)
Median household income	$85,750 → $136,042 (+58.6%)	$39,273 → $55,577 (+41.5%)
Median home value	$223,100 → $293,900 (+31.7%)	$161,200 → $216,300 (+34.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,110 → $988 (-11.0%)	$786 → $937 (+19.2%)

Big Bend

Population

1,3481,311

Median household income

$85,750$136,042

Median home value

$223,100$293,900

Median gross rent

$1,110$988

Butler

Population

1,8212,003

Median household income

$39,273$55,577

Median home value

$161,200$216,300

Median gross rent

$786$937

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Bend	Butler
Under 5	4.0%	3.3%
5 to 17	19.8%	12.5%
18 to 24	5.0%	10.0%
25 to 34	9.3%	14.6%
35 to 44	13.3%	9.5%
45 to 54	17.7%	20.5%
55 to 64	13.0%	11.9%
65 to 74	13.7%	11.5%
75 and over	4.2%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Bend	Butler
White (non-Hispanic)	97.0%	80.5%
Black or African American	0.9%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	8.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Bend	Butler
No high school diploma	5.1%	7.3%
High school graduate	29.8%	38.8%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Bend	Butler
Drove alone	85.4%	88.2%
Carpooled	2.5%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	12.2%	5.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Bend	Butler
1-unit, detached	93.7%	45.0%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	18.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	15.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	20.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Big Bend	Butler
Poverty rate	4.5%	9.1%
Average household size	2.39	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1967	1960