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Butler, AL

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Overview


Butler is a very small town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 1,803 people and just one neighborhood, Butler is the 236th largest community in Alabama.

Occupations and Workforce

Butler is a blue-collar town, with 39.14% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Butler is a town of professionals, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Butler who work in teaching (15.03%), office and administrative support (10.49%), and healthcare (9.41%).

Setting & Lifestyle

It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Butler has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Butler has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Butler than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Butler may be for you.

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.

Demographics

The population of Butler overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Butler, 21.05% have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Butler in 2018 was $26,126, which is middle income relative to Alabama, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $104,504 for a family of four. However, Butler contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Butler is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Butler home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Butler residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Butler include Irish, English, Scots-Irish, British, and German.

The most common language spoken in Butler is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Portuguese.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.

Real Estate

Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 14 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 96.0% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

In addition, the real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 96.0% of all neighborhoods in America, with 33.1% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Scots-Irish and Brazilian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Scots-Irish ancestry and 0.9% have Brazilian ancestry.

The Neighbors

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Butler are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 91.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 27.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 77.9% of U.S. neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the neighborhood, 38.9% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 25.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (25.8%), and 9.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.8% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the neighborhood in Butler, AL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (6.4%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (4.0%), and residents who report Scots-Irish roots (3.9%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (2.6%), along with some South American ancestry residents (1.5%), among others.

Getting to Work

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (37.9% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (88.6%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (8.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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