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.
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Butler has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Butler has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Butler than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Butler may be for you.
As is often the case in a small town, Butler doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
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.
