Butler vs North Prairie

A side-by-side comparison of Butler and North Prairie: population, income, housing, and more.

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

North Prairie has the higher population (2,514 vs 2,003 in Butler). North Prairie has the higher median household income ($148,780 vs $55,577 in Butler). North Prairie has the higher median home value ($396,800 vs $216,300 in Butler).

Population, income & housing

	Butler	North Prairie
Population	2,003	2,514
Median age	45.0 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$55,577	$148,780
Median home value	$216,300	$396,800
Median gross rent	$937	$1,117
Housing units	907	1,002
Homeownership rate	48.2%	94.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.4%	46.3%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butler	North Prairie
Population	1,821 → 2,003 (+10.0%)	2,352 → 2,514 (+6.9%)
Median household income	$39,273 → $55,577 (+41.5%)	$106,688 → $148,780 (+39.5%)
Median home value	$161,200 → $216,300 (+34.2%)	$272,600 → $396,800 (+45.6%)
Median gross rent	$786 → $937 (+19.2%)	$850 → $1,117 (+31.4%)

Butler

Population

1,8212,003

Median household income

$39,273$55,577

Median home value

$161,200$216,300

Median gross rent

$786$937

North Prairie

Population

2,3522,514

Median household income

$106,688$148,780

Median home value

$272,600$396,800

Median gross rent

$850$1,117

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Butler	North Prairie
Under 5	3.3%	2.5%
5 to 17	12.5%	23.6%
18 to 24	10.0%	5.9%
25 to 34	14.6%	9.6%
35 to 44	9.5%	18.4%
45 to 54	20.5%	13.8%
55 to 64	11.9%	10.4%
65 to 74	11.5%	10.1%
75 and over	6.1%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butler	North Prairie
White (non-Hispanic)	80.5%	97.9%
Black or African American	3.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	8.7%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butler	North Prairie
No high school diploma	7.3%	1.0%
High school graduate	38.8%	19.4%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	29.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	16.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butler	North Prairie
Drove alone	88.2%	71.1%
Carpooled	4.0%	13.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	15.1%
Other means	0.7%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Butler	North Prairie
1-unit, detached	45.0%	89.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	18.5%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	15.8%	3.2%
20 or more units	20.7%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Butler	North Prairie
Poverty rate	9.1%	2.8%
Average household size	2.35	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1960	1994