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Butler County, KS

69,158 Population
1,429.7 square miles 48.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.5 ±1.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 38 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$44,380 ±$4,720 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $41,580 ±$690
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$80,963 ±$10,688 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $75,514 ±$996
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

7.3% ±2.6% (4,789  ±1,700) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 10.9% 313,235 (±0.5% / ±15,633)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

23.8 minutes ±1.3 (702,625  ±42,358) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

26,813 ±683 Number of households
  • Kansas: 1,204,374 ±6,458
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0.1 (66,103  ±233) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,883,876
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.9% ±2.6% (912  ±408) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 6.2% 42,547 (±0.5% / ±3,183)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

28,104 ±105 Number of housing units
  • Kansas: 1,310,001 ±918
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$262,200 ±$13,822 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $238,700 ±$2,937
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

12.5% ±3.4% (8,573  ±2,328.1) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 13% 382,985 (±0.5% / ±14,353.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

96.1% ±6.3% (45,117  ±3,025.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,827,651 (±1% / ±20,234.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
35.1% ±3.7% (16,463  ±1,759.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 36.1% 716,115 (±0.6% / ±12,072.4)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

4% (2,749  ±712) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 7.8% 232,485
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

8.8% ±1.9% (4,665  ±997) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kansas: 6.7% 150,374 (±0.3% / ±6,182)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
4,665 Total veterans ±997 4,140 Male ±787 525 Female ±310

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