Butler vs Irving

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

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

Irving has the higher population (407 vs 247 in Butler). Butler has the higher median household income ($62,869 vs $46,250 in Irving). Butler has the higher median home value ($83,400 vs $44,600 in Irving).

Population, income & housing

	Butler	Irving
Population	247	407
Median age	35.6 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$62,869	$46,250
Median home value	$83,400	$44,600
Median gross rent	—	$478
Housing units	130	163
Homeownership rate	73.9%	76.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	12.3%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butler	Irving
Population	262 → 247 (-5.7%)	377 → 407 (+8.0%)
Median household income	$42,500 → $62,869 (+47.9%)	$24,063 → $46,250 (+92.2%)
Median home value	$65,500 → $83,400 (+27.3%)	$52,900 → $44,600 (-15.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$294 → $478 (+62.6%)

Butler

Population

262247

Median household income

$42,500$62,869

Median home value

$65,500$83,400

Irving

Population

377407

Median household income

$24,063$46,250

Median home value

$52,900$44,600

Median gross rent

$294$478

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Butler	Irving
Under 5	0.8%	5.7%
5 to 17	22.7%	16.0%
18 to 24	0.8%	8.4%
25 to 34	5.7%	10.8%
35 to 44	44.9%	16.7%
45 to 54	4.9%	8.6%
55 to 64	7.7%	17.4%
65 to 74	8.5%	13.3%
75 and over	4.0%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butler	Irving
White (non-Hispanic)	82.2%	92.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	17.4%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butler	Irving
No high school diploma	4.3%	13.3%
High school graduate	56.1%	45.3%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butler	Irving
Drove alone	97.9%	93.0%
Carpooled	0.7%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	1.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Butler	Irving
1-unit, detached	86.9%	84.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.1%	9.8%

Poverty & households

	Butler	Irving
Poverty rate	4.9%	22.1%
Average household size	2.15	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	29	31
Median year structure built	1938	1952