Butler vs Zelienople

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

Butler and Zelienople 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 3,870 in Zelienople). Zelienople has the higher median household income ($64,583 vs $41,705 in Butler). Zelienople has the higher median home value ($272,500 vs $112,500 in Butler).

Population, income & housing

	Butler	Zelienople
Population	13,306	3,870
Median age	37.5 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$41,705	$64,583
Median home value	$112,500	$272,500
Median gross rent	$815	$1,166
Housing units	7,230	1,942
Homeownership rate	44.4%	51.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	43.7%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butler	Zelienople
Population	13,092 → 13,306 (+1.6%)	3,651 → 3,870 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$31,361 → $41,705 (+33.0%)	$54,235 → $64,583 (+19.1%)
Median home value	$100,200 → $112,500 (+12.3%)	$201,400 → $272,500 (+35.3%)
Median gross rent	$665 → $815 (+22.6%)	$1,094 → $1,166 (+6.6%)

Butler

Population

13,09213,306

Median household income

$31,361$41,705

Median home value

$100,200$112,500

Median gross rent

$665$815

Zelienople

Population

3,6513,870

Median household income

$54,235$64,583

Median home value

$201,400$272,500

Median gross rent

$1,094$1,166

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Butler	Zelienople
Under 5	6.1%	4.5%
5 to 17	13.6%	14.8%
18 to 24	12.2%	6.6%
25 to 34	14.9%	10.4%
35 to 44	11.3%	14.5%
45 to 54	14.0%	10.1%
55 to 64	15.1%	10.8%
65 to 74	8.7%	11.5%
75 and over	4.1%	16.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butler	Zelienople
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	89.5%
Black or African American	3.0%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	3.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butler	Zelienople
No high school diploma	7.2%	3.0%
High school graduate	40.5%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	24.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	19.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butler	Zelienople
Drove alone	72.4%	72.2%
Carpooled	10.0%	9.5%
Public transit	1.7%	0.8%
Walked	5.4%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.7%
Worked from home	6.7%	14.2%
Other means	3.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Butler	Zelienople
1-unit, detached	52.7%	55.3%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	10.2%
2 to 4 units	24.1%	11.8%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	2.9%
20 or more units	9.4%	18.9%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Butler	Zelienople
Poverty rate	22.9%	3.6%
Average household size	2.13	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	21	33
Median year structure built	1938	1973