Butte des Morts vs Waukau

A side-by-side comparison of Butte des Morts and Waukau: population, income, housing, and more.

Butte des Morts and Waukau are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Butte des Morts has the higher population (1,053 vs 332 in Waukau). Butte des Morts has the higher median home value ($359,600 vs $166,800 in Waukau). Since 2019, Waukau's population has grown faster (+50.9% vs +16.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Butte des Morts	Waukau
Population	1,053	332
Median age	46.1 yrs	57.0 yrs
Median household income	$121,111	—
Median home value	$359,600	$166,800
Median gross rent	$1,181	—
Housing units	399	186
Homeownership rate	84.1%	95.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.9%	3.3%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butte des Morts	Waukau
Population	904 → 1,053 (+16.5%)	220 → 332 (+50.9%)
Median household income	$100,000 → $121,111 (+21.1%)	$64,583 → $42,596 (-34.0%)
Median home value	$292,000 → $359,600 (+23.2%)	$147,500 → $166,800 (+13.1%)
Median gross rent	$809 → $1,181 (+46.0%)	—

Butte des Morts

Population

9041,053

Median household income

$100,000$121,111

Median home value

$292,000$359,600

Median gross rent

$809$1,181

Waukau

Population

220332

Median household income

$64,583$42,596

Median home value

$147,500$166,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Butte des Morts	Waukau
Under 5	5.6%	0.6%
5 to 17	17.9%	15.4%
18 to 24	8.7%	2.7%
25 to 34	5.4%	9.6%
35 to 44	11.5%	6.9%
45 to 54	21.4%	8.1%
55 to 64	19.5%	10.8%
65 to 74	8.2%	5.4%
75 and over	1.9%	40.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butte des Morts	Waukau
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	99.1%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butte des Morts	Waukau
No high school diploma	0.8%	3.0%
High school graduate	32.2%	70.0%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	23.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.1%	2.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butte des Morts	Waukau
Drove alone	78.6%	84.2%
Carpooled	4.3%	8.8%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.8%	7.0%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Butte des Morts	Waukau
1-unit, detached	91.5%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Butte des Morts	Waukau
Poverty rate	3.4%	1.8%
Average household size	2.79	1.82
Mean commute (minutes)	20	30
Median year structure built	1993	1938