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Butternut, Wisconsin: commercial real estate data.
Butternut is a Census village of 465 people across 1.58 square miles of land, in Ashland County. Median household income is $43,750, 58.3 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $145,000 since FY2020.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Butternut
What Butternut is
- Census place typevillage
- Land area1.58 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land294 plus or minus 63
- County holding the largest share of its areaAshland County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Butternut
How many people live in Butternut
- Population465 plus or minus 100
- Median age44.6 plus or minus 9.2
- Population under 18103 plus or minus 30
- Share under 1822.2 percent
- Population 65 and over132 plus or minus 41
- Share 65 and over28.4 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Households228 plus or minus 54
- Family households97 plus or minus 31
- Share of households that are families42.5 percent plus or minus 9.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Butternut
Income and work in Butternut
- Median household income$43,750 plus or minus $21,424
- Per capita income$36,339 plus or minus $13,027
- Civilian labor force186 plus or minus 46
- Employed176 plus or minus 46
- Unemployed10 plus or minus 6
- Unemployment rate5.4 percent plus or minus 2.9
- Adults 25 and over347
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher94.8 percent plus or minus 25.5
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher13.5 percent plus or minus 4.4
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree3.5 percent plus or minus 3.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Butternut
- Housing units248 plus or minus 56
- Occupied units228 plus or minus 54
- Vacant units20 plus or minus 13
- Vacancy rate8.1 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Owner occupied133 plus or minus 30
- Renter occupied95 plus or minus 43
- Ownership rate58.3 percent plus or minus 19.1
- Median owner-occupied home value$74,300
- Median gross rent, monthly$626
- Annual rent as a share of median income17.2 percent plus or minus 8.4
- Single family units146
- Share single family58.9 percent plus or minus 17.6
- Units in buildings of two or more98 plus or minus 44
- Share in buildings of two or more39.5 percent plus or minus 15.2
- Mobile homes4 plus or minus 5
- Median year structure built1959
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Butternut
How Butternut gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute169 plus or minus 45
- Commuting under 15 minutes83 plus or minus 26
- Share commuting under 15 minutes49.1 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more44 plus or minus 27
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more26.0 percent plus or minus 14.1
- Drove alone82.4 percent
- Carpooled4.5 percent plus or minus 3.2
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked8.0 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Worked from home4.0 percent plus or minus 2.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Butternut
SBA loans in Butternut (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$145,000
- Average approval$145,000
- Median approval$145,000
- Largest approval$145,000
- Jobs supported4
- Jobs per approval4.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term84 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Butternut, in any county, FY2020 to FY2026. Only 0 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Butternut
Flood risk in Butternut
- NFIP communityVillage of Butternut
- NFIP community number550006
- Participating in the NFIPYes
- Community Rating System classNone
- Currently effective map date05/14/76
The Village of Butternut participates in the National Flood Insurance Program as community 550006 and carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26.
Ashland County, not Butternut
Ashland County context, not Butternut figures
- Establishments in Ashland County491
- Covered employment, Ashland County7,940
- Average annual pay, Ashland County$50,101
- Housing units permitted, Ashland County29
Every figure in this section is published for Ashland County as a whole and is not a measurement of Butternut.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual.
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What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Butternut questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Butternut, Wisconsin?
465, in 228 households. Butternut village covers 1.58 square miles of land, which is 294 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Butternut in?
Ashland County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Butternut?
$43,750. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $74,300. Median gross rent is $626 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Butternut businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totaling $145,000 since FY2020, across 1 lenders, median approval $145,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Butternut, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Butternut borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Butternut. Only 0 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published. The counts are shown instead.
Is Butternut in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Butternut appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as Butternut, village of, community 550006, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Butternut figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Ashland County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Butternut.
Is zoning published for Butternut?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.