Butler is a medium-sized city located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 13,099 people and 15 associated neighborhoods, Butler is the 70th largest community in Pennsylvania. Butler has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Butler is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Butler is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Butler who work in office and administrative support (14.62%), sales jobs (11.00%), and food service (8.64%). Also of interest is that Butler has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. The citizens of Butler are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 21.21% of adults in Butler having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Butler in 2022 was $27,736, which is low income relative to Pennsylvania, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $110,944 for a family of four. However, Butler contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Butler is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. 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, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Butler include German, Irish, Italian, English, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Butler is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Greek.
