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Butler township, Butler County, PA

16,988 Population
21.6 square miles 785.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.3 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Butler County: 43.4 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$47,028 ±$4,523 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Butler County: $49,125 ±$1,342
  • a little higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$77,381 ±$6,081 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Butler County: $89,843 ±$2,409
  • about the same as the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.6% ±1.9% (1,265  ±325) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Butler County: 8.2% 15,637 (±0.6% / ±1,135)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.9 minutes ±1.4 (190,960  ±18,177) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Butler County: 27.4 2,196,215 (±0.7 / ±75,460)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

7,542 ±318 Number of households
  • Butler County: 80,824 ±596
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (16,612  ±26) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Butler County: 2.4 191,707 (±0 / ±82)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.1% ±0.8% (37  ±29) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Butler County: 4.4% † 1,837 (±0.7% / ±302)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

8,029 ±353 Number of housing units
  • Butler County: 87,382 ±109
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$223,800 ±$10,800 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Butler County: $294,200 ±$5,907
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.3% ±2.1% (1,412  ±351) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Butler County: 10.5% 20,441 (±0.7% / ±1,433.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.7% ±5.4% (12,469  ±784.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Butler County: 95.7% 135,824 (±1.6% / ±2,216.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
30.7% ±3.2% (4,043  ±429.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Butler County: 39.4% 55,869 (±1% / ±1,394.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

0.7% ±0.3% (116  ±57) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Butler County: 2.4% 4,774
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

10.2% ±2.1% (1,437  ±291) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Butler County: 7.2% 11,432 (±0.5% / ±782)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,437 Total veterans ±291 1,366 Male ±289 71 Female ±52

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