Butler vs Whippany

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

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

Whippany has the higher population (8,862 vs 8,072 in Butler). Whippany has the higher median household income ($153,725 vs $110,375 in Butler). Whippany has the higher median home value ($612,500 vs $425,900 in Butler).

Population, income & housing

	Butler	Whippany
Population	8,072	8,862
Median age	40.9 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	$110,375	$153,725
Median home value	$425,900	$612,500
Median gross rent	$1,455	$2,619
Housing units	3,571	3,691
Homeownership rate	67.7%	88.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.1%	55.2%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butler	Whippany
Population	7,679 → 8,072 (+5.1%)	8,780 → 8,862 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$95,446 → $110,375 (+15.6%)	$121,005 → $153,725 (+27.0%)
Median home value	$355,200 → $425,900 (+19.9%)	$518,900 → $612,500 (+18.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,321 → $1,455 (+10.1%)	$1,816 → $2,619 (+44.2%)

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

Whippany

Population

8,7808,862

Median household income

$121,005$153,725

Median home value

$518,900$612,500

Median gross rent

$1,816$2,619

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Butler	Whippany
Under 5	4.9%	3.9%
5 to 17	12.4%	14.4%
18 to 24	9.2%	8.5%
25 to 34	12.1%	7.7%
35 to 44	17.0%	9.1%
45 to 54	15.5%	15.7%
55 to 64	13.8%	21.7%
65 to 74	9.5%	9.7%
75 and over	5.6%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butler	Whippany
White (non-Hispanic)	67.6%	71.0%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.4%	12.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	2.2%
Two or more races	1.7%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	24.8%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butler	Whippany
No high school diploma	5.5%	1.9%
High school graduate	27.5%	22.5%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	20.5%
Bachelor's degree	36.9%	29.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	26.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butler	Whippany
Drove alone	72.1%	70.4%
Carpooled	4.9%	4.4%
Public transit	5.7%	3.2%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.3%	21.9%
Other means	0.5%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Butler	Whippany
1-unit, detached	59.7%	70.6%
1-unit, attached	7.9%	14.8%
2 to 4 units	14.5%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	8.4%
20 or more units	9.4%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Butler	Whippany
Poverty rate	9.4%	3.6%
Average household size	2.28	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	34	26
Median year structure built	1962	1974