Butler vs Lisman

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

Butler and Lisman 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 490 in Lisman). Butler has the higher median household income ($47,880 vs $42,109 in Lisman). Butler has the higher median home value ($142,600 vs $73,300 in Lisman).

Population, income & housing

	Butler	Lisman
Population	2,552	490
Median age	42.4 yrs	49.6 yrs
Median household income	$47,880	$42,109
Median home value	$142,600	$73,300
Median gross rent	$805	—
Housing units	1,056	254
Homeownership rate	62.3%	92.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	10.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butler	Lisman
Population	2,419 → 2,552 (+5.5%)	580 → 490 (-15.5%)
Median household income	$36,959 → $47,880 (+29.5%)	$33,214 → $42,109 (+26.8%)
Median home value	$79,500 → $142,600 (+79.4%)	$66,900 → $73,300 (+9.6%)
Median gross rent	$491 → $805 (+64.0%)	$745 → $823 (+10.5%)

Butler

Population

2,4192,552

Median household income

$36,959$47,880

Median home value

$79,500$142,600

Median gross rent

$491$805

Lisman

Population

580490

Median household income

$33,214$42,109

Median home value

$66,900$73,300

Median gross rent

$745$823

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Butler	Lisman
Under 5	7.0%	1.2%
5 to 17	18.9%	15.9%
18 to 24	8.2%	3.7%
25 to 34	6.9%	8.0%
35 to 44	11.5%	11.8%
45 to 54	16.7%	15.1%
55 to 64	13.0%	13.5%
65 to 74	11.5%	18.8%
75 and over	6.3%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butler	Lisman
White (non-Hispanic)	60.0%	0.6%
Black or African American	28.4%	91.8%
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%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butler	Lisman
No high school diploma	7.7%	13.4%
High school graduate	34.7%	19.8%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	47.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butler	Lisman
Drove alone	87.7%	95.0%
Carpooled	7.9%	5.0%
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	Lisman
1-unit, detached	77.1%	68.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	31.9%

Poverty & households

	Butler	Lisman
Poverty rate	20.0%	29.0%
Average household size	2.79	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	28	47
Median year structure built	1970	1989