† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupButlerIndianaUnited States
German27.0%19.5%12.5%
English14.5%11.3%9.5%
Irish9.4%10.1%9.4%
American9.1%6.9%5.3%
Polish2.4%2.6%2.2%
Italian2.2%2.4%4.8%
French2.1%1.3%1.6%
Dutch2.1%——
Mexican2.5%5.7%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.4%0.8%1.8%
Spanish0.2%——
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Butler
Indiana
United States
Median age
39
38.2
39.1
Age 18–24
6.5%
9.6%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
15.5%
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Butler
Indiana
United States
Median household income
$54,688
$71,957
$84,427
Poverty rate
19.3%
12.4%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
10.4%
29.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Butler
Indiana
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
1.7%
10.4%
22.3%
Spanish
1.4%
5.5%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Butler
Indiana
United States
Catholic
—
11.5%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
18.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
57.9%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Butler, Indiana
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−31.4%
2008
−10.0%
2012
−29.3%
2016
−59.0%
2020
−56.0%
2024
−57.7%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
20.8%Harris167
78.6%Trump630
0.6%
R+57.7
R+1.7
R+56.3
802
R
21.0%Biden158
77.0%Trump580
2.0%
R+56.0
D+2.9
R+60.5
753
R
17.5%Clinton114
76.5%Trump498
6.0%
R+59.0
R+29.7
R+61.1
651
R
34.3%Obama211
63.6%Romney391
2.1%
R+29.3
R+19.3
R+33.1
615
R
43.6%Obama310
53.6%McCain381
2.8%
R+10.0
D+21.5
R+17.3
711
R
32.9%Kerry208
64.3%Bush407
2.8%
R+31.4
—
R+29.0
633
Butler sits along the St. Joseph River in northeastern Indiana, a small industrial community whose working-class demographic profile tracks closely with the rural-county shifts that have reshaped DeKalb's partisan margins over the past two decades.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 59.0 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 1.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 57.7 points.
A population of 2,660, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $54,688 describe the city.
In 2024, Butler, Indiana voted Republican by 57.7 points (R+57.7), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 802 votes cast, 167 went Democratic and 630 went Republican.
How many people live in Butler, Indiana?
Butler, Indiana has a population of 2,660 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Butler, Indiana?
Median household income in Butler, Indiana is $54,688 — below the national median of $80,734. The Indiana state median is $71,957.
What is the political history of Butler, Indiana?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Butler, Indiana from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
