Butler vs Gilbertown

A side-by-side comparison of Butler and Gilbertown: population, income, housing, and more.

Butler and Gilbertown are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Butler has the higher population (2,552 vs 772 in Gilbertown). Gilbertown has the higher median household income ($66,300 vs $47,880 in Butler). Gilbertown has the higher median home value ($178,400 vs $142,600 in Butler).

Population, income & housing

	Butler	Gilbertown
Population	2,552	772
Median age	42.4 yrs	50.6 yrs
Median household income	$47,880	$66,300
Median home value	$142,600	$178,400
Median gross rent	$805	$883
Housing units	1,056	420
Homeownership rate	62.3%	81.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	9.6%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butler	Gilbertown
Population	2,419 → 2,552 (+5.5%)	256 → 772 (+201.6%)
Median household income	$36,959 → $47,880 (+29.5%)	$51,042 → $66,300 (+29.9%)
Median home value	$79,500 → $142,600 (+79.4%)	$117,500 → $178,400 (+51.8%)
Median gross rent	$491 → $805 (+64.0%)	$285 → $883 (+209.8%)

Butler

Population

2,4192,552

Median household income

$36,959$47,880

Median home value

$79,500$142,600

Median gross rent

$491$805

Gilbertown

Population

256772

Median household income

$51,042$66,300

Median home value

$117,500$178,400

Median gross rent

$285$883

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Butler	Gilbertown
Under 5	7.0%	2.1%
5 to 17	18.9%	14.9%
18 to 24	8.2%	10.5%
25 to 34	6.9%	3.6%
35 to 44	11.5%	11.9%
45 to 54	16.7%	19.7%
55 to 64	13.0%	15.2%
65 to 74	11.5%	14.9%
75 and over	6.3%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butler	Gilbertown
White (non-Hispanic)	60.0%	86.7%
Black or African American	28.4%	10.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.4%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butler	Gilbertown
No high school diploma	7.7%	7.3%
High school graduate	34.7%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	43.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butler	Gilbertown
Drove alone	87.7%	72.5%
Carpooled	7.9%	27.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Butler	Gilbertown
1-unit, detached	77.1%	68.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	4.8%
20 or more units	3.9%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	24.8%

Poverty & households

	Butler	Gilbertown
Poverty rate	20.0%	11.7%
Average household size	2.79	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	28	36
Median year structure built	1970	1988