Butler’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
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.
Residents of the town have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 18.88 minutes getting to work every day.
As is often the case in a small town, Butler doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The citizens of Butler have a very low rate of college education: just 7.19% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.
The per capita income in Butler in 2022 was $27,874, 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 $111,496 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 British, English, Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, and West Indian.
The most common language spoken in Butler is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
