Butler vs Wales

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

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

Wales has the higher population (2,915 vs 2,003 in Butler). Wales has the higher median household income ($110,804 vs $55,577 in Butler). Wales has the higher median home value ($383,600 vs $216,300 in Butler).

Population, income & housing

	Butler	Wales
Population	2,003	2,915
Median age	45.0 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$55,577	$110,804
Median home value	$216,300	$383,600
Median gross rent	$937	$1,473
Housing units	907	1,054
Homeownership rate	48.2%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.4%	50.0%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butler	Wales
Population	1,821 → 2,003 (+10.0%)	2,581 → 2,915 (+12.9%)
Median household income	$39,273 → $55,577 (+41.5%)	$98,125 → $110,804 (+12.9%)
Median home value	$161,200 → $216,300 (+34.2%)	$292,800 → $383,600 (+31.0%)
Median gross rent	$786 → $937 (+19.2%)	$1,014 → $1,473 (+45.3%)

Butler

Population

1,8212,003

Median household income

$39,273$55,577

Median home value

$161,200$216,300

Median gross rent

$786$937

Wales

Population

2,5812,915

Median household income

$98,125$110,804

Median home value

$292,800$383,600

Median gross rent

$1,014$1,473

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Butler	Wales
Under 5	3.3%	5.6%
5 to 17	12.5%	16.8%
18 to 24	10.0%	5.4%
25 to 34	14.6%	13.9%
35 to 44	9.5%	14.8%
45 to 54	20.5%	10.5%
55 to 64	11.9%	15.4%
65 to 74	11.5%	10.5%
75 and over	6.1%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butler	Wales
White (non-Hispanic)	80.5%	94.2%
Black or African American	3.5%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	8.7%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butler	Wales
No high school diploma	7.3%	1.6%
High school graduate	38.8%	14.5%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	35.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	15.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butler	Wales
Drove alone	88.2%	75.2%
Carpooled	4.0%	5.6%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	16.9%
Other means	0.7%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Butler	Wales
1-unit, detached	45.0%	81.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	18.5%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	15.8%	8.6%
20 or more units	20.7%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Butler	Wales
Poverty rate	9.1%	1.6%
Average household size	2.35	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1960	1979