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About Butte Falls
Butte Falls is a very small town in Jackson County, in the foothills of the Cascades. The Census counts it as an incorporated town. Wikipedia gives its elevation as 2,549 feet.
Butte Falls in numbers
| Measure | Butte Falls |
|---|---|
| Population, Census 2020 | 443 |
| Population, PSU certified estimate, July 1, 2025 | 448 |
| Households | 195 (margin of error 65) |
| Owner-occupied share of households | 76.9% (150 of 195) |
| Median household income | $36,979 (margin of error $13,704) |
| Median home value (owner-occupied) | $253,800 (margin of error $105,903) |
| Median age | 54.7 (margin of error 26.8) |
| Business establishments, ZIP 97522 | 13 |
A plain reading
Butte Falls is a small, older, mostly owner-occupied town, but the survey numbers here are weak. The margins of error are very large: the home value could plausibly sit anywhere from roughly $148,000 to $360,000, and the median age margin is 26.8 years. Treat every ACS figure on this page as a rough guide, not a measurement. The Census 2020 count and the PSU estimate are the solid numbers.
ZIP 97522 has 13 business establishments with paid employees and 59 paid employees in the 2023 data. That is a very small sample, and the Census adds noise to employment counts.
How we got these numbers
- Households, tenure, income, home value and age are from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates for 2020-2024 (tables B11001, B25003, B19013, B25077 and B01002), read through Census Reporter. Dollar figures are in 2024 dollars. Margins of error are the 90 percent margins Census Reporter publishes.
- Population is the 2020 Census count and the Portland State University Population Research Center certified estimate for July 1, 2025, as reported by the Oregon Employment Department.
- Business counts are from Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2023 (ZIP 97522). They are by ZIP code, not by town limit, and leave out businesses with no paid employees. Sector detail was not pulled.
Sources
- U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year data (2020-2024)
- Census ZIP Code Business Patterns
- Oregon Employment Department: 2025 Rogue Valley population estimates
- Town of Butte Falls
- Butte Falls, Oregon (Wikipedia)
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