Bellville vs Butler

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

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

Bellville has the higher population (2,037 vs 1,359 in Butler). Butler has the higher median household income ($71,875 vs $59,861 in Bellville). Bellville has the higher median home value ($181,000 vs $134,700 in Butler).

Population, income & housing

	Bellville	Butler
Population	2,037	1,359
Median age	39.8 yrs	26.5 yrs
Median household income	$59,861	$71,875
Median home value	$181,000	$134,700
Median gross rent	$788	$893
Housing units	866	454
Homeownership rate	68.8%	70.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.3%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellville	Butler
Population	2,219 → 2,037 (-8.2%)	781 → 1,359 (+74.0%)
Median household income	$50,464 → $59,861 (+18.6%)	$48,846 → $71,875 (+47.1%)
Median home value	$142,500 → $181,000 (+27.0%)	$92,400 → $134,700 (+45.8%)
Median gross rent	$618 → $788 (+27.5%)	$671 → $893 (+33.1%)

Bellville

Population

2,2192,037

Median household income

$50,464$59,861

Median home value

$142,500$181,000

Median gross rent

$618$788

Butler

Population

7811,359

Median household income

$48,846$71,875

Median home value

$92,400$134,700

Median gross rent

$671$893

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellville	Butler
Under 5	4.6%	8.6%
5 to 17	21.1%	19.4%
18 to 24	6.9%	20.1%
25 to 34	9.8%	9.9%
35 to 44	11.8%	15.4%
45 to 54	11.7%	9.4%
55 to 64	12.0%	7.0%
65 to 74	11.5%	5.4%
75 and over	10.6%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellville	Butler
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	92.3%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellville	Butler
No high school diploma	7.4%	8.1%
High school graduate	39.0%	41.6%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellville	Butler
Drove alone	86.9%	84.3%
Carpooled	9.7%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellville	Butler
1-unit, detached	67.6%	89.0%
1-unit, attached	10.7%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	4.2%
20 or more units	3.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Bellville	Butler
Poverty rate	11.1%	4.3%
Average household size	2.52	3.19
Mean commute (minutes)	27	33
Median year structure built	1965	1954