
Georgia · Census place 12120
Butler, GA population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Butler, Georgia (Butler, GA — Census place “Butler city”) is 1,916 residents, ranking #302 of 675 places in Georgia. Median household income is $24,924, the median home is worth $86,200 and median gross rent runs $575 a month. Looking for the Butler Georgia ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Butler, GA: 31006.
- Population
- 1,916Butler city residents
- Median household income
- $24,924Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $86,200Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $575Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 35.8 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 34.6%Owner-occupied households
Butler ZIP codes (Georgia)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Butler.
The Butler GA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Butler city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Butler city median would spend about 27.7% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 49.4% of residents and 34.6% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Butler city, GA in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Butler city is a small town in Georgia, with 1,916 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #302 of 675 ranked by population — larger than 55% of them. The median age here is 35.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.
Households in Butler city earn a median of $24,924 a year, 68.3% below the national figure of $78,538 and 57% below the $57,300 median for the 378 Georgia cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 49.4% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.
The typical owner-occupied home in Butler city is valued at $86,200, 71.6% below the national figure and 55% below the $191,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $575 a month, 59.1% below the national figure, or roughly $6,900 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 27.7% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 34.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, a renter-majority market, so rent figures matter more here than the home-value line. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.
No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Georgia.
- Hamilton city 1,911
- Comer city 1,928
- Nicholson city 1,899
- Ellijay city 1,931
- Cataula CDP 1,898
- Oxford city 1,945
- Morgan city 1,878
- Isle of Hope CDP 1,945
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Butler city?
- Butler city has 1,916 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #302 of 675 in Georgia.
- What is the median household income in Butler city?
- Median household income in Butler city is $24,924 a year, 68.3% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Butler city?
- Median gross rent is $575 a month and the median home value is $86,200, so rent absorbs about 27.7% of median household income.
- Is Butler city affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 3.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Butler city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 27.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Butler city data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.