Butte, Alaska

Back to Butte, AK housing info, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, AK smaller cities, AK small cities, All Cities.   Submit your own pictures of this place and show them to the World General Map Google Map MSN Map General Map Google Map MSN Map General Map Google Map MSN Map Please wait while loading the map... Current weather forecast for Butte, AK Matanuska-Susitna Borough Population in July 2007: 3,537. Males: 1,827   (51.7%) Females: 1,710   (48.3%) Median resident age:   36.2 years Alaska median age:   32.4 years Zip codes: 99645. Estimated median household income in 2007: $73,207 (it was $55,573 in 2000) Butte:   $73,207 Alaska:   $64,333 Estimated per capita income in 2007: $29,207 Butte:   $29,207 Alaska:   $28,891 Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $205,162 (it was $124,000 in 2000) Butte:   $205,162 Alaska:   $231,300 Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $228,663; Detached houses: $239,291; In 2-unit structures: $286,185; Mobile homes: $52,500; Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $5,000 Butte, AK residents, houses, and apartments details Add your B&M business listing here for free. Over a million visitors/week. Get a huge advantage over your competition Races in Butte: White Non-Hispanic (91.8%) American Indian (5.5%) Two or more races (3.4%) Hispanic (1.2%) Black (0.5%) Other race (0.5%) 2008 cost of living index in Butte: 89.7 (less than average, U.S. average is 100) Recent posts about Butte, Alaska on our local forum with over 700,000 registered users. Butte is mentioned 42 times on our forum: After you have climbed Butte and Lazy Mountain, What Next?  (11 replies) Some recent AK photo's  (6944 replies) Alaska, Here we come!  (82 replies) How is the wind out in the Valley right now?  (11 replies) So many SEX Offenders in North Pole AK  (64 replies) Leaving Alaska..it's not the same anymore!  (160 replies) Latest news from Butte, AK collected exclusively by city-data.com from local newspapers, TV, and radio stations Ancestries: German (27.5%), Irish (9.2%), Norwegian (7.8%), English (7.7%), United States (6.2%), Swedish (5.0%). Current Local Time: AKST time zone Land area: 40.3 square miles. Population density: 88 people per square mile   (very low).

Average climate in Butte, Alaska

Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations

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Butte-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Alaska state average. It is 2690% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 3/28/1964 at 03:36:12, a magnitude 9.2 (9.2 UK, Class: Great, Intensity: VIII - XII) earthquake occurred 59.2 miles away from Butte center, causing $1,020,000,000 total damage
On 7/12/1983 at 15:10:03, a magnitude 6.4 (6.1 MB, 6.4 MS, 6.3 MS, 6.4 ML, Class: Strong, Intensity: VII - IX) earthquake occurred 64.1 miles away from the city center
On 9/7/1983 at 19:22:05, a magnitude 6.2 (6.2 MB, 6.2 MS, 6.2 MS) earthquake occurred 65.3 miles away from the city center
On 1/1/1975 at 03:55:12, a magnitude 5.9 (5.9 MB, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 32.2 miles away from Butte center
On 8/14/1984 at 01:02:08, a magnitude 5.7 (5.7 MB, 5.2 MS, 5.4 MS, 5.7 ML) earthquake occurred 18.2 miles away from the city center
On 7/22/1999 at 05:35:18, a magnitude 5.6 (5.0 MB, 4.5 MS, 5.6 ML, 5.3 MW, Depth: 28.3 mi) earthquake occurred 21.0 miles away from Butte center
Magnitude types: body-wave magnitude (MB), local magnitude (ML), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)

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Cemetery: Valley Memory Garden (1). Display/hide its location on the map Lakes: Ezi Slough (A), Falks Lake (B), Gull Lake (C), Burkholder Lake (D), Butte Lake (E). Display/hide their locations on the map Creek: Bodenburg Creek (A). Display/hide its location on the map Park in Butte: Polar Raceway Park (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Average household size:

This place:	2.9 people
Alaska:	2.7 people

Percentage of family households:

This place:	76.0%
Whole state:	68.7%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This place:	6.4%
Whole state:	7.5%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

• Lesbian couples: 0.7% of all households
• Gay men: 0.0% of all households

This place:	9.8%
Whole state:	9.4%

This place:	3.4%
Whole state:	4.0%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Butte, AK

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11.14% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($46,822 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	11.14%
Alaska average:	9.33%

0.15% of residents moved from foreign countries ($493 average AGI)

Matanuska-Susitna Borough:	0.15%
Alaska average:	0.28%

from Anchorage Municipality, AK	4.83% ($52,567 average AGI)
from Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK	0.35% ($45,270)
from Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK	0.27% ($54,529)

7.39% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($36,283 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	7.39%
Alaska average:	9.43%

0.10% of residents moved to foreign countries ($592 average AGI)

Matanuska-Susitna Borough:	0.10%
Alaska average:	0.24%

to Anchorage Municipality, AK	2.35% ($37,449 average AGI)
to Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK	0.29% ($28,901)
to Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK	0.22% ($35,962)