Butler vs Mountain City

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

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

Mountain City has the higher population (2,275 vs 150 in Butler). Butler has the higher median household income ($62,788 vs $36,902 in Mountain City). Since 2019, Mountain City's population has grown faster (+10.5% vs -61.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Butler	Mountain City
Population	150	2,275
Median age	62.1 yrs	54.3 yrs
Median household income	$62,788	$36,902
Median home value	—	$186,800
Median gross rent	—	$420
Housing units	123	1,241
Homeownership rate	70.8%	56.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.2%	8.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butler	Mountain City
Population	391 → 150 (-61.6%)	2,058 → 2,275 (+10.5%)
Median household income	$29,600 → $62,788 (+112.1%)	$27,788 → $36,902 (+32.8%)
Median home value	$95,200 → $109,400 (+14.9%)	$141,500 → $186,800 (+32.0%)
Median gross rent	$729 → $854 (+17.1%)	$426 → $420 (-1.4%)

Butler

Population

391150

Median household income

$29,600$62,788

Median home value

$95,200$109,400

Median gross rent

$729$854

Mountain City

Population

2,0582,275

Median household income

$27,788$36,902

Median home value

$141,500$186,800

Median gross rent

$426$420

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Butler	Mountain City
Under 5	0.0%	5.7%
5 to 17	7.3%	12.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.7%
25 to 34	0.0%	12.7%
35 to 44	7.3%	7.9%
45 to 54	14.7%	8.3%
55 to 64	30.7%	18.5%
65 to 74	12.0%	13.0%
75 and over	28.0%	18.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butler	Mountain City
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	86.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butler	Mountain City
No high school diploma	40.3%	25.1%
High school graduate	36.7%	38.6%
Some college or associate's	15.8%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butler	Mountain City
Drove alone	43.1%	83.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	43.1%	13.4%
Other means	13.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Butler	Mountain City
1-unit, detached	77.2%	57.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	17.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	22.8%	10.6%

Poverty & households

	Butler	Mountain City
Poverty rate	11.3%	32.2%
Average household size	2.31	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	—	24
Median year structure built	1958	1979