Butler vs Rockville

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

Butler and Rockville 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 203 in Rockville). Rockville has the higher median household income ($38,750 vs $36,276 in Butler). Since 2019, Rockville's population has grown faster (+38.1% vs +11.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Butler	Rockville
Population	4,594	203
Median age	36.9 yrs	55.2 yrs
Median household income	$36,276	$38,750
Median home value	$124,100	—
Median gross rent	$772	$675
Housing units	2,008	146
Homeownership rate	52.7%	87.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	22.7%
Unemployment rate	13.4%	24.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butler	Rockville
Population	4,130 → 4,594 (+11.2%)	147 → 203 (+38.1%)
Median household income	$30,713 → $36,276 (+18.1%)	$23,125 → $38,750 (+67.6%)
Median home value	$81,100 → $124,100 (+53.0%)	$45,000 → $28,600 (-36.4%)
Median gross rent	$642 → $772 (+20.2%)	$500 → $675 (+35.0%)

Butler

Population

4,1304,594

Median household income

$30,713$36,276

Median home value

$81,100$124,100

Median gross rent

$642$772

Rockville

Population

147203

Median household income

$23,125$38,750

Median home value

$45,000$28,600

Median gross rent

$500$675

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Butler	Rockville
Under 5	7.6%	5.4%
5 to 17	18.0%	20.7%
18 to 24	4.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	17.4%	3.9%
35 to 44	9.3%	9.9%
45 to 54	8.4%	8.9%
55 to 64	14.4%	35.0%
65 to 74	11.3%	14.3%
75 and over	9.4%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butler	Rockville
White (non-Hispanic)	89.0%	94.6%
Black or African American	4.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
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%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butler	Rockville
No high school diploma	11.9%	16.0%
High school graduate	52.1%	18.0%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	43.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	16.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butler	Rockville
Drove alone	93.2%	75.7%
Carpooled	3.2%	16.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	0.0%
Other means	2.1%	8.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Butler	Rockville
1-unit, detached	77.2%	78.8%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.1%	13.0%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	8.2%

Poverty & households

	Butler	Rockville
Poverty rate	32.9%	4.9%
Average household size	2.52	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	29	17
Median year structure built	1965	1938