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Population in July 2007: 8,090. Population change since 2000: +7.5%
 

Males: 3,985  (49.3%)
Females: 4,105  (50.7%)
Median resident age:  37.5 years
New Jersey median age:  36.7 years

Zip codes: 07405.


Estimated median household income in 2007: $70,300 (it was $57,455 in 2000)
Butler  $70,300
New Jersey:  $67,035

Estimated median house/condo value in 2007: $367,500 (it was $187,500 in 2000)
Butler  $367,500
New Jersey:  $372,300

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Races in Butler:

  • White Non-Hispanic (91.5%)
  • Hispanic (5.1%)
  • Other race (1.5%)
  • Two or more races (0.9%)
  • Black (0.6%)
  • Asian Indian (0.6%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

2008 cost of living index in Butler: 117.0 (more than average, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: Irish (26.7%), Italian (24.9%), German (20.5%), Polish (11.2%), English (8.8%), Dutch (7.3%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Incorporated in 1901

Elevation: 480 feet

Land area: 2.08 square miles.

Population density: 3891 people per square mile 
 
  (average).

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For population 25 years and over in Butler

  • High school or higher: 85.8%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 24.1%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 7.4%
  • Unemployed: 3.0%
  • Mean travel time to work: 26.2 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Butler borough

  • Never married: 24.3%
  • Now married: 59.3%
  • Separated: 2.3%
  • Widowed: 7.4%
  • Divorced: 6.6%

730 residents are foreign born (4.3% Europe, 2.5% Asia, 2.4% Latin America).

This city:  9.8%
New Jersey:  17.5%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Butler:  2.4% ($4,461)
New Jersey:  2.4% ($4,047)
Butler satellite photo by USGS

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Wayne, NJ (7.7 miles , pop. 54,069).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Newark, NJ (21.4 miles , pop. 273,546).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Manhattan, NY (30.1 miles , pop. 1,537,195).

Nearest cities: Bloomingdale borough, NJ (1.5 miles ), Kinnelon borough, NJ (1.9 miles ), Riverdale borough, NJ (2.6 miles ), Pompton Lakes borough, NJ (4.1 miles ), Wanaque borough, NJ (4.8 miles ), Lincoln Park borough, NJ (6.4 miles ), Wayne, NJ (7.7 miles ), Oakland borough, NJ (7.8 miles ).

Latitude: 41.00 N, Longitude: 74.35 W

Daytime population change due to commuting: -1,096 (-14.8%)
Workers who live and work in this city: 612 (15.5%)


23 people in religious group quarters
4 people in other noninstitutional group quarters

Area code: 973

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Butler, New Jersey business and economic data: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...


Population change in the 1990s: -187 (-2.5%).


Historical population

Historical housing units


Most common industries for males:
  • Construction (13%)
  • Educational services (7%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
  • Accommodation and food services (5%)
  • Public administration (4%)
  • Finance and insurance (3%)


Most common industries for females:
  • Health care (12%)
  • Educational services (10%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
  • Accommodation and food services (8%)
  • Finance and insurance (7%)
  • Public administration (6%)
  • Food and beverage stores (4%)


Most common occupations for males
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
  • Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (3%)
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (3%)


Most common occupations for females
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
  • Registered nurses (5%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
  • Business operations specialists (4%)


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Crime in Butler by Year
Type 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Murders 010000
    per 100,000 0.013.20.00.00.00.0
Rapes 1111020
    per 100,000 13.413.2135.00.024.60.0
Robberies 110100
    per 100,000 13.413.20.012.30.00.0
Assaults 81131139
    per 100,000 106.9145.236.8134.936.9111.2
Burglaries 273327354345
    per 100,000 360.9435.6331.4429.1528.5555.8
Thefts 598364825695
    per 100,000 788.61095.7785.61005.4688.31173.3
Auto thefts 11897115
    per 100,000 147.0105.6110.585.812.3185.3
Arson 005130
    per 100,000 0.00.061.412.336.90.0
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 320.9) 104.7152.7178.8107.892.6122.9

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Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 18 (17 officers).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:  2.10
US city average:  3.00

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Butler-area historical tornado activity is near New Jersey state average. It is 30% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 5/28/1973, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 17.4 miles away from the Butler city center caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

On 7/14/1988, a category 3 tornado 24.4 miles away from the city center injured one person and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.


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Hospitals/medical centers near Butler:
  • CHILTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 4 miles; POMPTON PLAINS, NJ)
  • WAYNE GENERAL HOSPITAL (about 9 miles; WAYNE, NJ)
  • RAMAPO RIDGE PSYCH HOSP (about 13 miles; WYCKOFF, NJ)

Political contributions by individuals in Butler, NJ

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Butler:
  • TETERBORO (about 23 miles; TETERBORO, NJ; ID: TEB)
  • NEWARK LIBERTY INTL (about 26 miles; NEWARK, NJ; ID: EWR)
  • PORT AUTH-DWNTN-MANHATTAN/WALL ST (about 32 miles; NEW YORK, NY; ID: JRB)
Other public-use airports nearest to Butler:
  • LINCOLN PARK (about 6 miles; LINCOLN PARK, NJ; ID: N07)
  • GREENWOOD LAKE (about 9 miles; WEST MILFORD, NJ; ID: 4N1)
  • ESSEX COUNTY (about 11 miles; CALDWELL, NJ; ID: CDW)

Local government website: WWW.BUTLERBOROUGH.COM

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Butler:
  • WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY (about 9 miles; WAYNE, NJ; Full-time enrollment: 8,017)
  • RAMAPO COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY (about 13 miles; MAHWAH, NJ; FT enrollment: 4,076)
  • PASSAIC COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 14 miles; PATERSON, NJ; FT enrollment: 2,452)
  • MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY (about 15 miles; UPPER MONTCLAIR, NJ; FT enrollment: 10,226)
  • DREW UNIVERSITY (about 18 miles; MADISON, NJ; FT enrollment: 2,133)
  • SETON HALL UNIVERSITY (about 19 miles; SOUTH ORANGE, NJ; FT enrollment: 7,509)
  • ROCKLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 20 miles; SUFFERN, NY; FT enrollment: 4,409)
Public high school in Butler:
Public elementary/middle schools in Butler:
Private elementary/middle school in Butler:
  • ST ANTHONY OF PADUA (Students: 236; Location: 57 BARTHOLDI AVE.; Grades: PK - 8)
Library in Butler:
  • BUTLER PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income: $194,158; Location: 1 ACE ROAD; 40,682 books; 1,187 audio materials; 1,453 video materials; 81 serial subscriptions)

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Churches in Butler include: Butler United Methodist Church (A), Saint Anthony's Roman Catholic Church (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemeteries: Mount Rest Cemetery (1), Mount Holiness Cemetery (2), Mount Calvary Cemetery (3), Brown Cemetery (4). Display/hide their locations on the map

Reservoir: Terrace Lake (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Stone House Brook (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Tourist attraction: Butler Museum (Main Street).

Court: Butler Borough - Administrative Offices- Court Administrator (1 Ace Road).

 

Average household size:
This city:  2.6 people
New Jersey:  2.7 people

Percentage of family households:
This city:  70.6%
Whole state:  70.3%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This city:  4.5%
Whole state:  4.9%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.2% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This city:  5.0%
Whole state:  8.5%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This city:  2.5%
Whole state:  4.2%

Butler compared to New Jersey state average:

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  • Median household income above state average.
  • Median house value significantly above state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage significantly above state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly above state average.


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Banks with branches in Butler (2007 data):
  • Lakeland Bank: Carey Avenue Branch at 6 Carey Avenue, branch established on 1997-03-03; Butler Branch at 1410 Route 23 North, branch established on 1974-05-21. Info updated 2006-07-31: Bank assets: $2,255.2 mil, Deposits: $1,869.6 mil, headquarters in Newfoundland, NJ, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 45 total offices, Holding Company: Lakeland Bancorp, Inc.
  • Bank of America, National Association: Butler Branch at 1400 Route 23, branch established on 1914-01-01. Info updated 2006-10-10: Bank assets: $1,196,123.8 mil, Deposits: $759,600.6 mil, headquarters in Charlotte, NC, positive income, 5839 total offices, Holding Company: Bank Of America Corporation
  • Valley National Bank: Butler Branch at Meadtown Shopping Center, Route 23, branch established on 1975-06-20. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $12,364.2 mil, Deposits: $8,581.2 mil, headquarters in Passaic, NJ, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 170 total offices, Holding Company: Valley National Bancorp



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2004 Presidential Election results in Morris County New Jersey:


Most commonly used house heating fuel:
Butler government finances in 2006:
  • Bond Funds - Cash and Securities: $1,073,000
  • Charges - Sewerage: $1,026,000
    All Other: $106,000
  • Construction - General - Other: $1,052,000
    Regular Highways: $461,000
    Sewerage: $100,000
    Electric Utilities: $89,000
    Water Utilities: $48,000
    General Public Buildings: $11,000
    Parks and Recreation: $7,000
  • Current Operations - Electric Utilities: $15,290,000
    Police Protection: $1,876,000
    General - Other: $1,474,000
    Water Utilities: $1,212,000
    Solid Waste Management: $769,000
    Regular Highways: $481,000
    Libraries: $263,000
    Central Staff Services: $224,000
    Financial Administration: $163,000
    Health - Other: $114,000
    Judicial and Legal Services: $106,000
    Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $105,000
    Sewerage: $89,000
    Local Fire Protection: $65,000
    Parks and Recreation: $64,000
    General Public Buildings: $56,000
  • Electric Utilities - Interest on Debt: $264,000
  • Federal Intergovernmental - All Other: $50,000
  • General - Interest on Debt: $97,000
  • Intergovernmental to Local NEC - Sewerage: $1,780,000
  • Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $40,000
  • Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $320,000
  • Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $182,000
    Fines and Forfeits: $96,000
    General Revenue, NEC: $67,000
    Rents: $33,000
    Special Assessments: $2,000
  • NEW for 2005 - Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $8,245,000
    Long Term Debt Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $7,925,000
  • Other Capital Outlay - General - Other: $35,000
    Local Fire Protection: $20,000
    Financial Administration: $3,000
  • Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $5,984,000
  • Revenue - Electric Utilities: $16,536,000
    Water Utilities: $1,490,000
  • Short Term Debt Outstanding - End of Fiscal Year: $2,490,000
    Beginning: $2,035,000
  • State Intergovernmental - General Local Government Support: $1,331,000
    All Other: $122,000
    Electric Utilities: $41,000
  • Tax - Property: $4,858,000
    Other License: $131,000
    Public Utilities Sales: $27,000
    Alcoholic Beverage License: $7,000
  • Total Salaries and Wages: $5,555,000
  • Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $9,000

6.35% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($85,822 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  6.35%
New Jersey average:  6.12%

0.12% of residents moved from foreign countries ($1,309 average AGI)
Morris County:  0.12%
New Jersey average:  0.14%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Essex County, NJ  0.74% ($87,001 average AGI)
from Passaic County, NJ  0.66% ($68,059)
from Bergen County, NJ  0.52% ($89,098)


7.00% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($84,644 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  7.00%
New Jersey average:  6.89%

0.10% of residents moved to foreign countries ($1,962 average AGI)
Morris County:  0.10%
New Jersey average:  0.09%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Sussex County, NJ  0.51% ($63,845 average AGI)
to Essex County, NJ  0.44% ($77,483)
to Passaic County, NJ  0.43% ($55,519)


Strongest AM radio stations in Butler:
  • WSNR (620 AM; 20 kW; JERSEY CITY, NJ)
  • WVNJ (1160 AM; 20 kW; OAKLAND, NJ; Owner: UNIVERSAL B/CASTING OF NEW YORK,INC.)
  • WABC (770 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: WABC-AM RADIO, INC.)
  • WMCA (570 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: SALEM MEDIA OF NEW YORK, LLC)
  • WOR (710 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: BUCKLEY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WINS (1010 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WEPN (1050 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: NEW YORK AM RADIO, LLC)
  • WADO (1280 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: WADO-AM LICENSE CORP.)
  • WBBR (1130 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: BLOOMBERG COMMUNICATIONS INC.)
  • WLIB (1190 AM; 30 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: ICBC BROADCAST HOLDINGS-NY, INC.)
  • WFAN (660 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WCBS (880 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WGHT (1500 AM; daytime; 1 kW; POMPTON LAKES, NJ)

Strongest FM radio stations in Butler:
  • WPSC-FM (88.7 FM; WAYNE, NJ; Owner: WILLIAM PATERSON COLLEGE OF N. J.)
  • WRKS (98.7 FM; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: EMMIS RADIO LICENSE CORP OF NEW YORK)
  • WNEW (102.7 FM; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WMSC (90.3 FM; UPPER MONTCLAIR, NJ; Owner: MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY)
  • WSUS (102.3 FM; FRANKLIN, NJ; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WKCR-FM (89.9 FM; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN NEW YORK)
  • WDHA-FM (105.5 FM; DOVER, NJ; Owner: THE SENTINEL PUBLISHING CO.)
  • WNYC-FM (93.9 FM; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: WNYC RADIO)
  • WKTU (103.5 FM; LAKE SUCCESS, NY; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, LLC)
  • WNJP (88.5 FM; SUSSEX, NJ; Owner: NEW JERSEY PUBLIC BROADCASTING AUTH.)
  • WQCD (101.9 FM; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: EMMIS RADIO LICENSE CORPORATION)
  • WPAT-FM (93.1 FM; PATERSON, NJ; Owner: WPAT LICENSING, INC.)
  • WPLJ (95.5 FM; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: WPLJ-FM RADIO, INC.)
  • WAXQ (104.3 FM; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: AMFM NEW YORK LICENSES, LLC)
  • WHTZ (100.3 FM; NEWARK, NJ; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
  • WWPR-FM (105.1 FM; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
  • WCAA (105.9 FM; NEWARK, NJ; Owner: WADO-AM LICENSE CORP. ("WADO"))
  • WBAI (99.5 FM; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: PACIFICA FOUNDATION, INC.)
  • WBLS (107.5 FM; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: ICBC BROADCAST HOLDINGS-NY, INC.)
  • WLTW (106.7 FM; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: AMFM NEW YORK LICENSES, LLC)

TV broadcast stations around Butler:
  • WPXO-LP (Channel 34; EAST ORANGE, NJ; Owner: PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS LPTV, INC.)
  • WFME-TV (Channel 66; WEST MILFORD, NJ; Owner: FAMILY STATIONS, INC.)
  • WNYW (Channel 5; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: FOX TELEVISION STATIONS, INC.)
  • WCBS-TV (Channel 2; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: CBS BROADCASTING INC.)
  • WABC-TV (Channel 7; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: AMERICAN BROADCASTING COMPANIES, INC)
  • WPIX (Channel 11; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: WPIX, INC.)
  • WWOR-TV (Channel 9; SECAUCUS, NJ; Owner: FOX TELEVISION STATIONS, INC.)
  • WPXN-TV (Channel 31; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
  • WNJU (Channel 47; LINDEN, NJ; Owner: WNJU LICENSE CORPORATION)
  • WNBC (Channel 4; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
  • WNET (Channel 13; NEWARK, NJ; Owner: EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WXTV (Channel 41; PATERSON, NJ; Owner: WXTV LICENSE PARTNERSHIP, G.P.)
  • WMBC-TV (Channel 63; NEWTON, NJ; Owner: MOUNTAIN BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WFUT (Channel 68; NEWARK, NJ; Owner: UNIVISION NEW YORK LLC)
  • WNYE-TV (Channel 25; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: NEW YORK CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION)
  • WXNY-LP (Channel 32; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: ISLAND BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WKOB-LP (Channel 53; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: WKOB COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WEBR-CA (Channel 17; MANHATTAN, NY; Owner: K LICENSEE INC.)
  • WRNN-LP (Channel 57; NYACK, NY; Owner: LP NYACK LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • W60AI (Channel 60; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: VENTANA TELEVISION, INC.)
  • W68DN (Channel 68; CHERRY HILL, ETC., NJ; Owner: MARCIA COHEN)
  • W54CZ (Channel 54; MORRISTOWN, NJ; Owner: WLNY-TV, INC.)
  • WNXY-LP (Channel 26; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: ISLAND BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • W33BS (Channel 33; DARIEN, CT; Owner: CT&T BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WNYN-LP (Channel 39; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: ISLAND BROADCASTING COMPANY)


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