Butler Beach vs Sawgrass

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

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

Sawgrass has the higher population (4,734 vs 4,723 in Butler Beach). Sawgrass has the higher median household income ($121,519 vs $76,776 in Butler Beach). Sawgrass has the higher median home value ($841,600 vs $469,100 in Butler Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Butler Beach	Sawgrass
Population	4,723	4,734
Median age	61.7 yrs	57.4 yrs
Median household income	$76,776	$121,519
Median home value	$469,100	$841,600
Median gross rent	$1,682	$1,884
Housing units	4,829	3,123
Homeownership rate	85.4%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.4%	59.4%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butler Beach	Sawgrass
Population	4,716 → 4,723 (+0.1%)	4,841 → 4,734 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$82,737 → $76,776 (-7.2%)	$89,700 → $121,519 (+35.5%)
Median home value	$350,300 → $469,100 (+33.9%)	$529,900 → $841,600 (+58.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,428 → $1,682 (+17.8%)	$1,569 → $1,884 (+20.1%)

Butler Beach

Population

4,7164,723

Median household income

$82,737$76,776

Median home value

$350,300$469,100

Median gross rent

$1,428$1,682

Sawgrass

Population

4,8414,734

Median household income

$89,700$121,519

Median home value

$529,900$841,600

Median gross rent

$1,569$1,884

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Butler Beach	Sawgrass
Under 5	1.1%	2.2%
5 to 17	4.4%	10.2%
18 to 24	5.6%	8.9%
25 to 34	4.0%	8.2%
35 to 44	8.2%	4.8%
45 to 54	10.0%	14.1%
55 to 64	25.8%	12.0%
65 to 74	25.3%	21.0%
75 and over	15.5%	18.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butler Beach	Sawgrass
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	86.8%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butler Beach	Sawgrass
No high school diploma	4.0%	3.5%
High school graduate	18.1%	8.0%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	36.4%	31.0%
Graduate or professional degree	14.0%	28.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butler Beach	Sawgrass
Drove alone	67.4%	72.8%
Carpooled	5.9%	1.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	25.7%	23.5%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Butler Beach	Sawgrass
1-unit, detached	49.8%	47.4%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	15.2%
5 to 19 units	22.1%	23.3%
20 or more units	16.7%	6.7%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Butler Beach	Sawgrass
Poverty rate	10.0%	9.5%
Average household size	1.83	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	29	22
Median year structure built	1988	1986