Butler vs Waterloo

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

Butler and Waterloo 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 2,180 in Waterloo). Waterloo has the higher median household income ($61,375 vs $50,179 in Butler). Waterloo has the higher median home value ($108,600 vs $100,700 in Butler).

Population, income & housing

	Butler	Waterloo
Population	2,632	2,180
Median age	34.9 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$50,179	$61,375
Median home value	$100,700	$108,600
Median gross rent	$763	$829
Housing units	1,076	963
Homeownership rate	73.2%	74.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.7%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butler	Waterloo
Population	2,715 → 2,632 (-3.1%)	2,221 → 2,180 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$57,344 → $50,179 (-12.5%)	$50,536 → $61,375 (+21.4%)
Median home value	$81,500 → $100,700 (+23.6%)	$78,900 → $108,600 (+37.6%)
Median gross rent	$798 → $763 (-4.4%)	$665 → $829 (+24.7%)

Butler

Population

2,7152,632

Median household income

$57,344$50,179

Median home value

$81,500$100,700

Median gross rent

$798$763

Waterloo

Population

2,2212,180

Median household income

$50,536$61,375

Median home value

$78,900$108,600

Median gross rent

$665$829

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Butler	Waterloo
Under 5	9.7%	8.2%
5 to 17	20.4%	16.5%
18 to 24	6.6%	14.6%
25 to 34	13.4%	13.1%
35 to 44	12.1%	16.5%
45 to 54	11.6%	9.6%
55 to 64	12.3%	12.7%
65 to 74	5.0%	5.4%
75 and over	8.9%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butler	Waterloo
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	91.2%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	1.6%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butler	Waterloo
No high school diploma	17.5%	14.4%
High school graduate	46.6%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butler	Waterloo
Drove alone	84.6%	90.3%
Carpooled	8.8%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	5.5%
Other means	0.5%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Butler	Waterloo
1-unit, detached	75.3%	71.8%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	4.5%
20 or more units	3.5%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	11.7%

Poverty & households

	Butler	Waterloo
Poverty rate	23.0%	16.4%
Average household size	2.62	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1956	1964