Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety4#15,054/15,637
Economy18#12,890/15,631
Housing18#12,349/14,977
Health18#12,775/15,609
Healthcare2#15,413/15,650
Environment24#11,804/15,453
Education6#14,692/15,649
Infrastructure2#15,413/15,650
Community15#13,348/15,651
Leisure & amenities1#15,489/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Butler, Georgia ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Taylor County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Suicide rate · low0.0 /100k
100/100Georgia 14.7 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataTaylor County value
Drug overdose deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100Georgia 14.1 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataTaylor County value
Job growth · high5.0%
98/100Georgia 0.0%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataTaylor County value
Public libraries · high2.6 /10k
94/100Georgia 0.4 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesTaylor County value
Pharmacies · high2.6 /10k
91/100Georgia 1.8 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsTaylor County value
Students per teacher · low11.5×
90/100Georgia 14.1×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsTaylor County value

Weaknesses

Grocery stores · low0.0 /10k
0/100Georgia 1.6 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsTaylor County value
Mental health providers · low13 /100k
0/100Georgia 201 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteTaylor County value
Poverty rate · high49.6%
1/100Georgia 12.8%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Median household income · low$21,700
1/100Georgia $79,912United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013High uncertainty
Restaurants and bars · low2.6 /10k
1/100Georgia 8.5 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsTaylor County value
Access to exercise opportunities · low21.9%
1/100Georgia 74.6%United States 84.5%2020 & 2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteTaylor County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
1,656 (2015-2019) → 1,935 (2020-2024)
+17%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateWorsening
51.8% (2015-2019) → 71.5% (2020-2024)
+20 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
55.2% (2015-2019) → 72.8% (2020-2024)
+18 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Poverty rateWorsening
37.8% (2015-2019) → 49.6% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Average commute timeWorsening
23.3 min (2015-2019) → 34.3 min (2020-2024)
+47%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
Uninsured residents (under 65)Worsening
12.4% (2015-2019) → 21.0% (2020-2024)
+8.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Butler, Georgia improved on 1 of 8 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 7 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved1

Broadband+18 points55.2% → 72.8%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 8 measures

Change of every measure of Butler, Georgia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Broadband subscriptions	55.2%2015-2019	72.8%2020-2024	+18 points	Improved	86%
Child poverty rate	51.8%2015-2019	71.5%2020-2024	+20 points	Within the margin of error	5%
Effective property tax rate	0.83%2015-2019	0.82%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	17%
High school diploma or higher	74.6%2015-2019	81.2%2020-2024	+6.6 points	Within the margin of error	88%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4722015-2019	0.5422020-2024	+0.070	Within the margin of error	10%
Poverty rate	37.8%2015-2019	49.6%2020-2024	+12 points	Within the margin of error	3%
Rent as share of income	30.3%2015-2019	33.6%2020-2024	+3.3 points	Within the margin of error	31%
Rent-burdened households	50.7%2015-2019	58.9%2020-2024	+8.2 points	Within the margin of error	28%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 10944 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Butler, Georgia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Butler, Georgia in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

No place that looked like Butler, Georgia five years ago has more measures that improved than declined, with a higher standing among its peers today.

For comparison, Butler, Georgia itself moved −8.5 points in standing on average over the same 6 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,935 residents (±334)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 10–19 men (−8.4 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,935 residents (±334)

Butler, Georgia
Georgia share

White37%709
Black61%1,179
Hispanic or Latino1.1%†21
Asian0.4%†7
American Indian and Alaska Native0.0%0
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races1.0%†19

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

1,376 residents (±248)

Butler, Georgia
Georgia share

No high school diploma19%†259
High school or GED54%737
Some college13%†180
Associate degree4.6%†63
Bachelor's degree7.3%†101
Graduate degree2.6%†36

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Bachelor's degree (+5.3 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

698 households (±146)

Butler, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $25k55%†382
$25k–50k18%†129
$50k–75k5.7%†40
$75k–100k12%†85
$100k–150k4.9%†34
$150k–200k2.4%†17
$200k or more1.6%†11

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $75k–100k (+9.0 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

698 households (±146)

Butler, Georgia
Georgia share

Own41%†289
Rent59%409

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

331 households (±115)

Butler, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $75057%†188
$750–1,00037%†121
$1,000–1,5006.6%†22

Home values

289 homes (±96)

Butler, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $150k80%†230
$150k–250k15%†43
$250k–400k1.4%†4

Age of homes

774 homes (±144)

Butler, Georgia
Georgia share

2010 or later1.3%†10
2000–20097.0%†54
1980–199932%†244

Size of homes

774 homes (±144)

Butler, Georgia
Georgia share

Studio0.9%†7
1 bedroom11%†86
2 bedrooms19%†144

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

572 workers (±240)

Butler, Georgia
Georgia share

Drive alone71%†408
Carpool21%†119
Public transit0.7%†4
Walk0.9%†5
Bike0.0%0
Work from home5.1%†29
Other1.2%†7

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−17.3 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

543 workers (±229)

Butler, Georgia
Georgia share

Under 15 min30%†165
15–29 min11%†62
30–44 min13%†71

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Taylor County, the county holding most of Butler's residents.

Taylor County has 137 employer establishments, 176 for every 10,000 residents (0.71× the US rate of 248; 0.74× Georgia's), with 1,044 paid employees at an average annual pay of $51,136. The Census Bureau also counts 594 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 137; 594 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 176; US 248 · Georgia 236
Paid employees: 1,044
Average annual pay: $51,136; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Taylor County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Religious organizations	10	12.8	2.32×More than typical	15	$37,200	—
Individual and family services	8	10.3	3.67×Too few to compare	77	$31,286	—
Specialty trade contractors	8	10.3	0.66×Too few to compare	27	$82,963	49
Truck transportation	7	9	1.78×Too few to compare	69	$66,870	46
Ambulatory health care services	5	6.4	0.31×Too few to compare	36	$53,833	17
Gasoline stations	5	6.4	1.98×Too few to compare	33	$20,576	—
Restaurants and other eating places	5	6.4	0.35×Too few to compare	64	$12,328	3
Automotive repair and maintenance	4	5.1	1.02×Too few to compare	18	$45,500	19
Banks and credit unions	4	5.1	1.59×Too few to compare	18	$57,444	—
Building equipment contractors	4	5.1	0.85×Too few to compare	24	$87,083	6
Landscaping services	4	5.1	1.47×Too few to compare	20	$28,500	37
Services to buildings and dwellings	4	5.1	0.76×Too few to compare	20	$28,500	64

Rank places for an industry Open Taylor County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 7,786 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Butler is mostly in Taylor County.

See federal money in Taylor County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Butler, Georgia is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.D-GA-2 · 100% of residentsWith party 93%Missed 1.9%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Taylor County1100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Taylor County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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