Butler vs White Meadow Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Butler and White Meadow Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

White Meadow Lake has the higher population (8,706 vs 8,072 in Butler). White Meadow Lake has the higher median household income ($150,042 vs $110,375 in Butler). White Meadow Lake has the higher median home value ($441,000 vs $425,900 in Butler).

Population, income & housing

	Butler	White Meadow Lake
Population	8,072	8,706
Median age	40.9 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$110,375	$150,042
Median home value	$425,900	$441,000
Median gross rent	$1,455	$2,623
Housing units	3,571	2,881
Homeownership rate	67.7%	90.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.1%	57.6%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butler	White Meadow Lake
Population	7,679 → 8,072 (+5.1%)	9,548 → 8,706 (-8.8%)
Median household income	$95,446 → $110,375 (+15.6%)	$132,351 → $150,042 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$355,200 → $425,900 (+19.9%)	$353,600 → $441,000 (+24.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,321 → $1,455 (+10.1%)	$1,743 → $2,623 (+50.5%)

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

White Meadow Lake

Population

9,5488,706

Median household income

$132,351$150,042

Median home value

$353,600$441,000

Median gross rent

$1,743$2,623

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Butler	White Meadow Lake
Under 5	4.9%	6.2%
5 to 17	12.4%	18.3%
18 to 24	9.2%	9.0%
25 to 34	12.1%	8.6%
35 to 44	17.0%	13.7%
45 to 54	15.5%	17.3%
55 to 64	13.8%	13.4%
65 to 74	9.5%	10.2%
75 and over	5.6%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butler	White Meadow Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	67.6%	77.4%
Black or African American	1.3%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.4%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.7%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	24.8%	14.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butler	White Meadow Lake
No high school diploma	5.5%	2.2%
High school graduate	27.5%	19.1%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	36.9%	35.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	22.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butler	White Meadow Lake
Drove alone	72.1%	67.8%
Carpooled	4.9%	4.5%
Public transit	5.7%	0.6%
Walked	0.3%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.3%	26.8%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Butler	White Meadow Lake
1-unit, detached	59.7%	85.8%
1-unit, attached	7.9%	8.5%
2 to 4 units	14.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	1.9%
20 or more units	9.4%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Butler	White Meadow Lake
Poverty rate	9.4%	1.7%
Average household size	2.28	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	34	28
Median year structure built	1962	1965