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Butler township, Butler County, PA

17,012 Population
21.6 square miles 786.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.1 ±1.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Butler County: 43.3 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$45,750 ±$3,791 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Butler County: $47,658 ±$1,348
  • a little higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$75,756 ±$7,040 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Butler County: $86,775 ±$2,932
  • about the same as the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

6.8% ±1.8% (1,131  ±306) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Butler County: 8% 15,175 (±0.6% / ±1,078)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

26 minutes ±1.3 (198,435  ±15,505) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Butler County: 27.4 2,242,935 (±0.6 / ±65,410)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

7,648 ±302 Number of households
  • Butler County: 80,245 ±590
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.2 ±0.1 (16,644  ±30) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Butler County: 2.4 190,460 (±0 / ±90)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

0.6% ±0.5% (21  ±17) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Butler County: 4.5% † 1,852 (±0.8% / ±329)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

8,131 ±323 Number of housing units
  • Butler County: 86,399 ±90
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$210,800 ±$10,298 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Butler County: $275,600 ±$4,575
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

8.6% ±2.1% (1,466  ±349.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Butler County: 10.5% 20,367 (±0.7% / ±1,364.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

95.2% ±5% (12,607  ±746) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Butler County: 95.7% 134,521 (±1.6% / ±2,283.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
31.3% ±2.9% (4,142  ±404.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Butler County: 38.6% 54,328 (±1.1% / ±1,524)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 34.5% 3,157,318 (±0.2% / ±14,182.6)

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

1% ±0.4% (165  ±70) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Butler County: 2.1% 4,045
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

10.4% ±2.1% (1,471  ±299) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Butler County: 7.3% 11,546 (±0.4% / ±579)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
1,471 Total veterans ±299 1,394 Male ±291 77 Female ±48

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