Amsterdam vs Butler

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

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

Butler has the higher population (4,594 vs 127 in Amsterdam). Amsterdam has the higher median household income ($43,214 vs $36,276 in Butler). Butler has the higher median home value ($124,100 vs $47,400 in Amsterdam).

Population, income & housing

	Amsterdam	Butler
Population	127	4,594
Median age	54.8 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$43,214	$36,276
Median home value	$47,400	$124,100
Median gross rent	—	$772
Housing units	102	2,008
Homeownership rate	90.5%	52.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.0%	11.8%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	13.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amsterdam	Butler
Population	178 → 127 (-28.7%)	4,130 → 4,594 (+11.2%)
Median household income	$35,417 → $43,214 (+22.0%)	$30,713 → $36,276 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$97,000 → $47,400 (-51.1%)	$81,100 → $124,100 (+53.0%)
Median gross rent	$818 → $650 (-20.5%)	$642 → $772 (+20.2%)

Amsterdam

Population

178127

Median household income

$35,417$43,214

Median home value

$97,000$47,400

Median gross rent

$818$650

Butler

Population

4,1304,594

Median household income

$30,713$36,276

Median home value

$81,100$124,100

Median gross rent

$642$772

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amsterdam	Butler
Under 5	7.9%	7.6%
5 to 17	8.7%	18.0%
18 to 24	4.7%	4.4%
25 to 34	6.3%	17.4%
35 to 44	7.1%	9.3%
45 to 54	15.7%	8.4%
55 to 64	15.7%	14.4%
65 to 74	28.3%	11.3%
75 and over	5.5%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amsterdam	Butler
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	89.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amsterdam	Butler
No high school diploma	9.0%	11.9%
High school graduate	37.0%	52.1%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	30.0%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amsterdam	Butler
Drove alone	64.3%	93.2%
Carpooled	25.0%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	1.5%
Other means	3.6%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amsterdam	Butler
1-unit, detached	80.4%	77.2%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	16.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.7%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Amsterdam	Butler
Poverty rate	18.1%	32.9%
Average household size	1.72	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	38	29
Median year structure built	1965	1965