Butler vs Panama

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

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

Panama has the higher population (327 vs 247 in Butler). Butler has the higher median household income ($62,869 vs $60,096 in Panama). Butler has the higher median home value ($83,400 vs $60,800 in Panama).

Population, income & housing

	Butler	Panama
Population	247	327
Median age	35.6 yrs	48.5 yrs
Median household income	$62,869	$60,096
Median home value	$83,400	$60,800
Median gross rent	—	$833
Housing units	130	164
Homeownership rate	73.9%	85.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	7.5%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	12.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butler	Panama
Population	262 → 247 (-5.7%)	296 → 327 (+10.5%)
Median household income	$42,500 → $62,869 (+47.9%)	$55,089 → $60,096 (+9.1%)
Median home value	$65,500 → $83,400 (+27.3%)	$59,300 → $60,800 (+2.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$863 → $833 (-3.5%)

Butler

Population

262247

Median household income

$42,500$62,869

Median home value

$65,500$83,400

Panama

Population

296327

Median household income

$55,089$60,096

Median home value

$59,300$60,800

Median gross rent

$863$833

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Butler	Panama
Under 5	0.8%	5.8%
5 to 17	22.7%	14.4%
18 to 24	0.8%	2.4%
25 to 34	5.7%	16.5%
35 to 44	44.9%	6.1%
45 to 54	4.9%	11.9%
55 to 64	7.7%	24.5%
65 to 74	8.5%	11.6%
75 and over	4.0%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butler	Panama
White (non-Hispanic)	82.2%	99.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butler	Panama
No high school diploma	4.3%	17.8%
High school graduate	56.1%	50.6%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	5.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butler	Panama
Drove alone	97.9%	73.4%
Carpooled	0.7%	23.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	2.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Butler	Panama
1-unit, detached	86.9%	84.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.1%	15.9%

Poverty & households

	Butler	Panama
Poverty rate	4.9%	9.5%
Average household size	2.15	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	29	35
Median year structure built	1938	1946