Butler County vs Pickens County

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

Butler County and Pickens County are counties in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Pickens County has the higher population (18,843 vs 18,807 in Butler County). Pickens County has the higher median household income ($47,014 vs $44,881 in Butler County). Pickens County has the higher median home value ($123,300 vs $99,700 in Butler County).

Population, income & housing

	Butler County	Pickens County
Population	18,807	18,843
Median age	42.2 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$44,881	$47,014
Median home value	$99,700	$123,300
Median gross rent	$722	$600
Housing units	9,841	8,726
Homeownership rate	68.4%	75.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	13.7%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butler County	Pickens County
Population	19,828 → 18,807 (-5.1%)	20,243 → 18,843 (-6.9%)
Median household income	$40,688 → $44,881 (+10.3%)	$39,848 → $47,014 (+18.0%)
Median home value	$95,900 → $99,700 (+4.0%)	$96,000 → $123,300 (+28.4%)
Median gross rent	$620 → $722 (+16.5%)	$457 → $600 (+31.3%)

Butler County

Population

19,82818,807

Median household income

$40,688$44,881

Median home value

$95,900$99,700

Median gross rent

$620$722

Pickens County

Population

20,24318,843

Median household income

$39,848$47,014

Median home value

$96,000$123,300

Median gross rent

$457$600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Butler County	Pickens County
Under 5	5.7%	5.0%
5 to 17	16.8%	14.3%
18 to 24	7.6%	8.4%
25 to 34	11.1%	12.4%
35 to 44	12.0%	13.7%
45 to 54	12.3%	12.0%
55 to 64	13.2%	14.7%
65 to 74	12.4%	11.4%
75 and over	9.0%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butler County	Pickens County
White (non-Hispanic)	50.7%	53.2%
Black or African American	44.7%	39.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.2%
Asian	1.3%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.3%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butler County	Pickens County
No high school diploma	12.4%	16.1%
High school graduate	47.0%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butler County	Pickens County
Drove alone	85.1%	88.5%
Carpooled	8.2%	5.1%
Public transit	0.3%	1.1%
Walked	0.5%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	5.0%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Butler County	Pickens County
1-unit, detached	67.4%	63.4%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	2.6%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	20.8%	26.0%

Poverty & households

	Butler County	Pickens County
Poverty rate	21.0%	22.6%
Average household size	2.55	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	24	34
Median year structure built	1980	1981