Butler is a tiny town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 297 people and three associated neighborhoods, Butler is the 364th largest community in Tennessee. Butler has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.Butler is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Butler is a town of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Butler who work in sales jobs (44.55%), office and administrative support (18.81%), and law enforcement and fire fighting (6.93%). Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 17.50% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. The overall crime rate in Butler is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime. Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Butler is worth considering. Being a small town, Butler does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The population of Butler has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 4.41% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%. The per capita income in Butler in 2022 was $26,018, which is middle income relative to Tennessee, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $104,072 for a family of four. However, Butler contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Butler home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Butler residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Butler include Italian, British, Irish, German, and English. The most common language spoken in Butler is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
