Butler vs Pennington

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

Butler and Pennington 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 536 in Pennington). Butler has the higher median household income ($47,880 vs $28,186 in Pennington). Butler has the higher median home value ($142,600 vs $81,500 in Pennington).

Population, income & housing

	Butler	Pennington
Population	2,552	536
Median age	42.4 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$47,880	$28,186
Median home value	$142,600	$81,500
Median gross rent	$805	$376
Housing units	1,056	291
Homeownership rate	62.3%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	7.1%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	10.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butler	Pennington
Population	2,419 → 2,552 (+5.5%)	321 → 536 (+67.0%)
Median household income	$36,959 → $47,880 (+29.5%)	$35,893 → $28,186 (-21.5%)
Median home value	$79,500 → $142,600 (+79.4%)	$48,300 → $81,500 (+68.7%)
Median gross rent	$491 → $805 (+64.0%)	$680 → $376 (-44.7%)

Butler

Population

2,4192,552

Median household income

$36,959$47,880

Median home value

$79,500$142,600

Median gross rent

$491$805

Pennington

Population

321536

Median household income

$35,893$28,186

Median home value

$48,300$81,500

Median gross rent

$680$376

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Butler	Pennington
Under 5	7.0%	20.3%
5 to 17	18.9%	17.2%
18 to 24	8.2%	4.7%
25 to 34	6.9%	1.5%
35 to 44	11.5%	25.6%
45 to 54	16.7%	9.0%
55 to 64	13.0%	18.8%
65 to 74	11.5%	1.9%
75 and over	6.3%	1.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butler	Pennington
White (non-Hispanic)	60.0%	50.0%
Black or African American	28.4%	50.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butler	Pennington
No high school diploma	7.7%	27.1%
High school graduate	34.7%	23.9%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	41.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	2.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butler	Pennington
Drove alone	87.7%	80.8%
Carpooled	7.9%	16.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	0.7%
Other means	0.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Butler	Pennington
1-unit, detached	77.1%	52.2%
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%	47.8%

Poverty & households

	Butler	Pennington
Poverty rate	20.0%	10.8%
Average household size	2.79	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	28	36
Median year structure built	1970	1986