Butler vs Silas

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

Butler and Silas 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 505 in Silas). Silas has the higher median household income ($66,591 vs $47,880 in Butler). Butler has the higher median home value ($142,600 vs $87,100 in Silas).

Population, income & housing

	Butler	Silas
Population	2,552	505
Median age	42.4 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$47,880	$66,591
Median home value	$142,600	$87,100
Median gross rent	$805	—
Housing units	1,056	216
Homeownership rate	62.3%	90.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	9.8%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butler	Silas
Population	2,419 → 2,552 (+5.5%)	513 → 505 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$36,959 → $47,880 (+29.5%)	$40,625 → $66,591 (+63.9%)
Median home value	$79,500 → $142,600 (+79.4%)	$82,500 → $87,100 (+5.6%)
Median gross rent	$491 → $805 (+64.0%)	$574 → $593 (+3.3%)

Butler

Population

2,4192,552

Median household income

$36,959$47,880

Median home value

$79,500$142,600

Median gross rent

$491$805

Silas

Population

513505

Median household income

$40,625$66,591

Median home value

$82,500$87,100

Median gross rent

$574$593

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Butler	Silas
Under 5	7.0%	3.4%
5 to 17	18.9%	15.8%
18 to 24	8.2%	10.3%
25 to 34	6.9%	19.0%
35 to 44	11.5%	5.9%
45 to 54	16.7%	24.0%
55 to 64	13.0%	7.7%
65 to 74	11.5%	11.7%
75 and over	6.3%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butler	Silas
White (non-Hispanic)	60.0%	60.4%
Black or African American	28.4%	35.8%
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%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butler	Silas
No high school diploma	7.7%	8.4%
High school graduate	34.7%	53.1%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butler	Silas
Drove alone	87.7%	86.7%
Carpooled	7.9%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	4.4%
Other means	0.0%	4.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Butler	Silas
1-unit, detached	77.1%	71.3%
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%	28.7%

Poverty & households

	Butler	Silas
Poverty rate	20.0%	12.5%
Average household size	2.79	3.12
Mean commute (minutes)	28	38
Median year structure built	1970	1982