About Butler

Butler is a very small city located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 1,934 people and just one neighborhood, Butler is the 232nd largest community in Alabama.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Butler is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Butler is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Butler who work in office and administrative support jobs (12.75%), sales jobs (9.93%), and management occupations (9.40%).

Butler is a very car-oriented city. 97.03% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Butler is a small city, and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Butler has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

Being a small city, Butler does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Butler Information and Demographics

The overall education level of Butler is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 14.96%: 20.20% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Butler in 2000 was $18,221, which is upper middle income relative to Alabama, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $72,884 for a family of four.

Butler is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Butler home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Butler is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Butler include English, Irish, German, and Scotch-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Butler is English. Some people also speak Spanish.