Butler is a very small town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 3,709 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Butler is the 164th largest community in Tennessee.

Butler is a blue-collar town, with 48.8% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 24.7%. Overall, Butler is a town of construction workers and builders, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Butler who work in sales jobs (8.28%), management occupations (6.13%), and healthcare (5.69%).

One downside of living in Butler, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 34.74 minutes every day commuting to work.

Butler is a small town, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Butler, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 98.2% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

As is often the case in a small town, Butler doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Butler Information and Demographics

The population of Butler has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 6.57% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 14.96%.

The per capita income in Butler in 2000 was $12,165, which is low income relative to Tennessee and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $48,660 for a family of four.

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 Asian. Important ancestries of people in Butler include German, Irish, and English.

The most common language spoken in Butler is English.