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.

When you are in Butler, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 48.8% of Butler's employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 24.7% that do. 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 very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Butler isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 98.2% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

Butler is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Butler Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Butler ranks among the least educated cities in the nation, as only 6.57% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

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.