Butler vs Hume

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

Butler and Hume 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 259 in Hume). Hume has the higher median household income ($50,417 vs $36,276 in Butler). Butler has the higher median home value ($124,100 vs $71,000 in Hume).

Population, income & housing

	Butler	Hume
Population	4,594	259
Median age	36.9 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$36,276	$50,417
Median home value	$124,100	$71,000
Median gross rent	$772	$1,050
Housing units	2,008	107
Homeownership rate	52.7%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	6.2%
Unemployment rate	13.4%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butler	Hume
Population	4,130 → 4,594 (+11.2%)	376 → 259 (-31.1%)
Median household income	$30,713 → $36,276 (+18.1%)	$55,833 → $50,417 (-9.7%)
Median home value	$81,100 → $124,100 (+53.0%)	$70,000 → $71,000 (+1.4%)
Median gross rent	$642 → $772 (+20.2%)	$800 → $1,050 (+31.3%)

Butler

Population

4,1304,594

Median household income

$30,713$36,276

Median home value

$81,100$124,100

Median gross rent

$642$772

Hume

Population

376259

Median household income

$55,833$50,417

Median home value

$70,000$71,000

Median gross rent

$800$1,050

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Butler	Hume
Under 5	7.6%	13.9%
5 to 17	18.0%	20.5%
18 to 24	4.4%	3.5%
25 to 34	17.4%	7.3%
35 to 44	9.3%	12.0%
45 to 54	8.4%	12.4%
55 to 64	14.4%	17.8%
65 to 74	11.3%	8.9%
75 and over	9.4%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butler	Hume
White (non-Hispanic)	89.0%	82.6%
Black or African American	4.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	12.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butler	Hume
No high school diploma	11.9%	11.8%
High school graduate	52.1%	53.4%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	5.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butler	Hume
Drove alone	93.2%	78.4%
Carpooled	3.2%	14.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	4.1%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Butler	Hume
1-unit, detached	77.2%	73.8%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.1%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	17.8%

Poverty & households

	Butler	Hume
Poverty rate	32.9%	33.6%
Average household size	2.52	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	29	45
Median year structure built	1965	1967