Butler vs St. Joe

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

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

Butler has the higher population (2,632 vs 420 in St. Joe). St. Joe has the higher median household income ($61,875 vs $50,179 in Butler). Butler has the higher median home value ($100,700 vs $85,400 in St. Joe).

Population, income & housing

	Butler	St. Joe
Population	2,632	420
Median age	34.9 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$50,179	$61,875
Median home value	$100,700	$85,400
Median gross rent	$763	$700
Housing units	1,076	178
Homeownership rate	73.2%	72.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.7%	6.2%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butler	St. Joe
Population	2,715 → 2,632 (-3.1%)	481 → 420 (-12.7%)
Median household income	$57,344 → $50,179 (-12.5%)	$57,125 → $61,875 (+8.3%)
Median home value	$81,500 → $100,700 (+23.6%)	$67,000 → $85,400 (+27.5%)
Median gross rent	$798 → $763 (-4.4%)	$536 → $700 (+30.6%)

Butler

Population

2,7152,632

Median household income

$57,344$50,179

Median home value

$81,500$100,700

Median gross rent

$798$763

St. Joe

Population

481420

Median household income

$57,125$61,875

Median home value

$67,000$85,400

Median gross rent

$536$700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Butler	St. Joe
Under 5	9.7%	7.9%
5 to 17	20.4%	19.0%
18 to 24	6.6%	7.4%
25 to 34	13.4%	19.0%
35 to 44	12.1%	13.1%
45 to 54	11.6%	5.7%
55 to 64	12.3%	15.2%
65 to 74	5.0%	9.3%
75 and over	8.9%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butler	St. Joe
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	96.4%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butler	St. Joe
No high school diploma	17.5%	29.0%
High school graduate	46.6%	47.5%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	17.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	5.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	0.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butler	St. Joe
Drove alone	84.6%	76.4%
Carpooled	8.8%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	8.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	1.3%
Other means	0.5%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Butler	St. Joe
1-unit, detached	75.3%	80.9%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	12.4%

Poverty & households

	Butler	St. Joe
Poverty rate	23.0%	8.7%
Average household size	2.62	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1956	1938