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Butler township, Butler County, IA

1,562 Population
36.3 square miles 43.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.6 ±3.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Butler County: 43.7 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,222 ±$5,599 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Butler County: $37,766 ±$1,670
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$83,478 ±$21,047 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Butler County: $73,715 ±$2,576
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6.2% ±2.5% (96  ±42) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Butler County: 9.2% † 1,295 (±1.7% / ±232)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.2 minutes ±4.1 (17,795  ±4,523) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Butler County: 24.7 160,380 (±0.9 / ±7,972)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

600 ±79 Number of households
  • Butler County: 5,863 ±132
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.3 (1,562  ±263) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Butler County: 2.4 14,061 (±0.1 / ±12)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.6% ±7.6% (27  ±28) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Butler County: 9.4% † 271 (±2.6% / ±76)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

661 ±82 Number of housing units
  • Butler County: 6,570 ±33
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$152,000 ±$16,017 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Butler County: $165,400 ±$5,861
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

3.6% ±3% (56  ±47.8) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Butler County: 7.1% † 1,006 (±1.4% / ±192.6)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.7% ±17.8% (1,034  ±130.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Butler County: 93.9% 9,507 (±3.7% / ±380.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
15.4% ±4.5% (166  ±54) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Butler County: 21.4% 2,167 (±2% / ±198.5)
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about two-fifths 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

2.8% ±3.5% (44  ±55) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Butler County: 2.3% 323
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.1% ±2.3% (60  ±28) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Butler County: 6.9% † 767 (±0.8% / ±89)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
60 Total veterans ±28 46 Male ±24 14 Female ±18

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