Butler vs Fillmore

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

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

Fillmore has the higher population (257 vs 247 in Butler). Butler has the higher median household income ($62,869 vs $47,375 in Fillmore). Butler has the higher median home value ($83,400 vs $64,700 in Fillmore).

Population, income & housing

	Butler	Fillmore
Population	247	257
Median age	35.6 yrs	53.8 yrs
Median household income	$62,869	$47,375
Median home value	$83,400	$64,700
Median gross rent	—	$613
Housing units	130	150
Homeownership rate	73.9%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	6.5%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butler	Fillmore
Population	262 → 247 (-5.7%)	300 → 257 (-14.3%)
Median household income	$42,500 → $62,869 (+47.9%)	$50,625 → $47,375 (-6.4%)
Median home value	$65,500 → $83,400 (+27.3%)	$57,900 → $64,700 (+11.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$700 → $613 (-12.4%)

Butler

Population

262247

Median household income

$42,500$62,869

Median home value

$65,500$83,400

Fillmore

Population

300257

Median household income

$50,625$47,375

Median home value

$57,900$64,700

Median gross rent

$700$613

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Butler	Fillmore
Under 5	0.8%	1.6%
5 to 17	22.7%	6.6%
18 to 24	0.8%	8.6%
25 to 34	5.7%	9.3%
35 to 44	44.9%	10.1%
45 to 54	4.9%	15.2%
55 to 64	7.7%	25.7%
65 to 74	8.5%	15.2%
75 and over	4.0%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butler	Fillmore
White (non-Hispanic)	82.2%	91.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	17.4%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butler	Fillmore
No high school diploma	4.3%	16.8%
High school graduate	56.1%	47.2%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butler	Fillmore
Drove alone	97.9%	83.9%
Carpooled	0.7%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	2.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Butler	Fillmore
1-unit, detached	86.9%	73.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.1%	16.0%

Poverty & households

	Butler	Fillmore
Poverty rate	4.9%	8.6%
Average household size	2.15	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	29	40
Median year structure built	1938	1953