Butler vs Rich Hill

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

Butler and Rich Hill 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 1,412 in Rich Hill). Rich Hill has the higher median household income ($45,203 vs $36,276 in Butler). Butler has the higher median home value ($124,100 vs $58,100 in Rich Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Butler	Rich Hill
Population	4,594	1,412
Median age	36.9 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$36,276	$45,203
Median home value	$124,100	$58,100
Median gross rent	$772	$707
Housing units	2,008	647
Homeownership rate	52.7%	74.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	6.7%
Unemployment rate	13.4%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butler	Rich Hill
Population	4,130 → 4,594 (+11.2%)	1,500 → 1,412 (-5.9%)
Median household income	$30,713 → $36,276 (+18.1%)	$41,000 → $45,203 (+10.3%)
Median home value	$81,100 → $124,100 (+53.0%)	$57,300 → $58,100 (+1.4%)
Median gross rent	$642 → $772 (+20.2%)	$575 → $707 (+23.0%)

Butler

Population

4,1304,594

Median household income

$30,713$36,276

Median home value

$81,100$124,100

Median gross rent

$642$772

Rich Hill

Population

1,5001,412

Median household income

$41,000$45,203

Median home value

$57,300$58,100

Median gross rent

$575$707

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Butler	Rich Hill
Under 5	7.6%	8.1%
5 to 17	18.0%	20.2%
18 to 24	4.4%	9.6%
25 to 34	17.4%	7.2%
35 to 44	9.3%	14.3%
45 to 54	8.4%	9.3%
55 to 64	14.4%	14.1%
65 to 74	11.3%	12.3%
75 and over	9.4%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butler	Rich Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	89.0%	96.2%
Black or African American	4.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.4%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butler	Rich Hill
No high school diploma	11.9%	30.5%
High school graduate	52.1%	47.0%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	15.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	4.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butler	Rich Hill
Drove alone	93.2%	77.5%
Carpooled	3.2%	13.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	6.4%
Other means	2.1%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Butler	Rich Hill
1-unit, detached	77.2%	70.9%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	16.1%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	22.9%

Poverty & households

	Butler	Rich Hill
Poverty rate	32.9%	34.5%
Average household size	2.52	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	29	31
Median year structure built	1965	1974