Butler vs Walshville

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

Butler and Walshville 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 96 in Walshville). Walshville has the higher median household income ($92,083 vs $62,869 in Butler). Since 2019, Butler's population has grown faster (-5.7% vs -45.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Butler	Walshville
Population	247	96
Median age	35.6 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$62,869	$92,083
Median home value	$83,400	—
Housing units	130	29
Homeownership rate	73.9%	96.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	4.3%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	24.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butler	Walshville
Population	262 → 247 (-5.7%)	176 → 96 (-45.5%)
Median household income	$42,500 → $62,869 (+47.9%)	$48,981 → $92,083 (+88.0%)
Median home value	$65,500 → $83,400 (+27.3%)	$38,400 → $49,300 (+28.4%)

Butler

Population

262247

Median household income

$42,500$62,869

Median home value

$65,500$83,400

Walshville

Population

17696

Median household income

$48,981$92,083

Median home value

$38,400$49,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Butler	Walshville
Under 5	0.8%	19.8%
5 to 17	22.7%	7.3%
18 to 24	0.8%	1.0%
25 to 34	5.7%	3.1%
35 to 44	44.9%	20.8%
45 to 54	4.9%	5.2%
55 to 64	7.7%	35.4%
65 to 74	8.5%	5.2%
75 and over	4.0%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butler	Walshville
White (non-Hispanic)	82.2%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butler	Walshville
No high school diploma	4.3%	5.8%
High school graduate	56.1%	50.7%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	2.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butler	Walshville
Drove alone	97.9%	95.5%
Carpooled	0.7%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Butler	Walshville
1-unit, detached	86.9%	72.4%
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%	27.6%

Poverty & households

	Butler	Walshville
Poverty rate	4.9%	5.2%
Average household size	2.15	3.31
Mean commute (minutes)	29	18
Median year structure built	1938	1983