Butler is a tiny town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 297 people and three associated neighborhoods, Butler is the 364th largest community in Tennessee. Much of the housing stock in Butler was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Butler is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Butler is a town of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Butler who work in sales jobs (44.55%), office and administrative support (18.81%), and law enforcement and fire fighting (6.93%). Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 17.50% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Butler’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live. The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Butler has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Butler a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. 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.In terms of college education, Butler ranks among the least educated cities in the nation, as only 4.41% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Butler in 2022 was $26,018, which is middle income relative to Tennessee, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $104,072 for a family of four. However, Butler contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. 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. Important ancestries of people in Butler include Italian, British, Irish, German, and English. The most common language spoken in Butler is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
