Butler vs Shanor-Northvue

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

Butler and Shanor-Northvue are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Butler has the higher population (13,306 vs 5,183 in Shanor-Northvue). Shanor-Northvue has the higher median household income ($98,878 vs $41,705 in Butler). Shanor-Northvue has the higher median home value ($243,600 vs $112,500 in Butler).

Population, income & housing

	Butler	Shanor-Northvue
Population	13,306	5,183
Median age	37.5 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$41,705	$98,878
Median home value	$112,500	$243,600
Median gross rent	$815	$1,272
Housing units	7,230	2,287
Homeownership rate	44.4%	79.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	41.9%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butler	Shanor-Northvue
Population	13,092 → 13,306 (+1.6%)	5,068 → 5,183 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$31,361 → $41,705 (+33.0%)	$74,070 → $98,878 (+33.5%)
Median home value	$100,200 → $112,500 (+12.3%)	$219,700 → $243,600 (+10.9%)
Median gross rent	$665 → $815 (+22.6%)	$810 → $1,272 (+57.0%)

Butler

Population

13,09213,306

Median household income

$31,361$41,705

Median home value

$100,200$112,500

Median gross rent

$665$815

Shanor-Northvue

Population

5,0685,183

Median household income

$74,070$98,878

Median home value

$219,700$243,600

Median gross rent

$810$1,272

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Butler	Shanor-Northvue
Under 5	6.1%	7.0%
5 to 17	13.6%	17.1%
18 to 24	12.2%	4.8%
25 to 34	14.9%	11.4%
35 to 44	11.3%	14.9%
45 to 54	14.0%	11.0%
55 to 64	15.1%	13.4%
65 to 74	8.7%	10.8%
75 and over	4.1%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butler	Shanor-Northvue
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	97.0%
Black or African American	3.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butler	Shanor-Northvue
No high school diploma	7.2%	4.1%
High school graduate	40.5%	25.7%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	26.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	15.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butler	Shanor-Northvue
Drove alone	72.4%	79.1%
Carpooled	10.0%	8.5%
Public transit	1.7%	0.0%
Walked	5.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	9.9%
Other means	3.4%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Butler	Shanor-Northvue
1-unit, detached	52.7%	77.6%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	24.1%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	6.8%
20 or more units	9.4%	6.6%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Butler	Shanor-Northvue
Poverty rate	22.9%	3.9%
Average household size	2.13	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	21	28
Median year structure built	1938	1974