Butler vs Waggoner

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

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

Butler has the higher population (247 vs 185 in Waggoner). Waggoner has the higher median household income ($69,135 vs $62,869 in Butler). Butler has the higher median home value ($83,400 vs $40,000 in Waggoner).

Population, income & housing

	Butler	Waggoner
Population	247	185
Median age	35.6 yrs	48.1 yrs
Median household income	$62,869	$69,135
Median home value	$83,400	$40,000
Median gross rent	—	$675
Housing units	130	109
Homeownership rate	73.9%	59.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	2.7%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	13.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butler	Waggoner
Population	262 → 247 (-5.7%)	192 → 185 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$42,500 → $62,869 (+47.9%)	$30,500 → $69,135 (+126.7%)
Median home value	$65,500 → $83,400 (+27.3%)	$48,100 → $40,000 (-16.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$586 → $675 (+15.2%)

Butler

Population

262247

Median household income

$42,500$62,869

Median home value

$65,500$83,400

Waggoner

Population

192185

Median household income

$30,500$69,135

Median home value

$48,100$40,000

Median gross rent

$586$675

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Butler	Waggoner
Under 5	0.8%	3.2%
5 to 17	22.7%	11.9%
18 to 24	0.8%	4.9%
25 to 34	5.7%	7.0%
35 to 44	44.9%	12.4%
45 to 54	4.9%	31.4%
55 to 64	7.7%	21.1%
65 to 74	8.5%	6.5%
75 and over	4.0%	1.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butler	Waggoner
White (non-Hispanic)	82.2%	97.3%
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%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butler	Waggoner
No high school diploma	4.3%	15.5%
High school graduate	56.1%	56.8%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	2.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butler	Waggoner
Drove alone	97.9%	81.7%
Carpooled	0.7%	11.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	2.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Butler	Waggoner
1-unit, detached	86.9%	43.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.8%
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%	55.0%

Poverty & households

	Butler	Waggoner
Poverty rate	4.9%	21.6%
Average household size	2.15	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	29	30
Median year structure built	1938	1974