Butler vs Flanders

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

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

Flanders has the higher population (8,949 vs 8,072 in Butler). Flanders has the higher median household income ($149,769 vs $110,375 in Butler). Flanders has the higher median home value ($492,600 vs $425,900 in Butler).

Population, income & housing

	Butler	Flanders
Population	8,072	8,949
Median age	40.9 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$110,375	$149,769
Median home value	$425,900	$492,600
Median gross rent	$1,455	$1,872
Housing units	3,571	3,792
Homeownership rate	67.7%	59.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.1%	50.1%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butler	Flanders
Population	7,679 → 8,072 (+5.1%)	8,744 → 8,949 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$95,446 → $110,375 (+15.6%)	$121,201 → $149,769 (+23.6%)
Median home value	$355,200 → $425,900 (+19.9%)	$402,700 → $492,600 (+22.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,321 → $1,455 (+10.1%)	$1,629 → $1,872 (+14.9%)

Butler

Population

7,6798,072

Median household income

$95,446$110,375

Median home value

$355,200$425,900

Median gross rent

$1,321$1,455

Flanders

Population

8,7448,949

Median household income

$121,201$149,769

Median home value

$402,700$492,600

Median gross rent

$1,629$1,872

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Butler	Flanders
Under 5	4.9%	4.2%
5 to 17	12.4%	16.9%
18 to 24	9.2%	6.2%
25 to 34	12.1%	11.9%
35 to 44	17.0%	15.4%
45 to 54	15.5%	13.2%
55 to 64	13.8%	16.8%
65 to 74	9.5%	9.6%
75 and over	5.6%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butler	Flanders
White (non-Hispanic)	67.6%	69.4%
Black or African American	1.3%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	4.4%	7.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	24.8%	14.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butler	Flanders
No high school diploma	5.5%	3.4%
High school graduate	27.5%	19.1%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	36.9%	31.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	18.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butler	Flanders
Drove alone	72.1%	68.7%
Carpooled	4.9%	6.4%
Public transit	5.7%	1.6%
Walked	0.3%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.3%	21.9%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Butler	Flanders
1-unit, detached	59.7%	58.3%
1-unit, attached	7.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.5%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	19.3%
20 or more units	9.4%	13.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Butler	Flanders
Poverty rate	9.4%	4.8%
Average household size	2.28	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	34	32
Median year structure built	1962	1978