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Butler County, KS

68,632 Population
1,429.7 square miles 48 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39 ±0.8 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.9 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$36,355 ±$2,924 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Kansas: $38,361 ±$517
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$74,566 ±$7,942 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Kansas: $70,333 ±$1,182
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

8.8% ±3.3% (5,797  ±2,199) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 11.2% 319,652 (±0.5% / ±14,831)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

24.4 minutes ±1.2 (714,650  ±38,841) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

25,801 ±812 Number of households
  • Kansas: 1,188,340 ±5,857
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.6 ±0.1 (65,764  ±72) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,853,521
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

5.1% ±3.3% (754  ±488) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 5.5% 36,992 (±0.4% / ±2,824)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

27,534 ±39 Number of housing units
  • Kansas: 1,299,931 ±716
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$222,200 ±$13,093 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Kansas: $219,800 ±$3,121
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

11.2% ±3.2% (7,589  ±2,196.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 13.8% 401,337 (±0.6% / ±15,975.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

95.3% ±5.4% (44,138  ±2,528.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 91.7% 1,793,522 (±0.9% / ±18,779.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
35.1% ±3.5% (16,264  ±1,615.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 35.8% 700,713 (±0.6% / ±11,139)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.6% (2,484  ±824) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 7.1% 207,421
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

6.9% ±1.2% (3,557  ±604) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 6.4% 143,722 (±0.2% / ±5,268)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
3,557 Total veterans ±604 3,449 Male ±596 108 Female ±119

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