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Butner, NC

8,065 Population
13.8 square miles 584.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.3 ±3.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Granville County: 42.4 ±0.4
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,670 ±$3,166 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Granville County: $34,223 ±$1,425
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$74,739 ±$5,511 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Granville County: $71,111 ±$4,675
  • a little higher than the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

15% ±4.6% (1,208  ±366) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Granville County: 15.2% † 8,643 (±2.2% / ±1,263)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.1 minutes ±2.6 (70,715  ±12,607) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Granville County: 30.8 663,495 (±1.1 / ±42,332)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,683 ±240 Number of households
  • Granville County: 22,474 ±482
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.9 ±0.3 (7,677  ±48) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Granville County: 2.5 56,532 (±0.1 / ±790)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4% ±3.3% (67  ±56) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Granville County: 5.6% † 721 (±1.9% / ±243)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,152 ±292 Number of housing units
  • Granville County: 24,787 ±314
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$231,100 ±$14,870 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Granville County: $247,700 ±$11,616
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

3.8% ±1.8% (303  ±141.1) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Granville County: 9.6% † 5,800 (±1.9% / ±1,162.8)
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

79.1% ±7.8% (4,488  ±525.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Granville County: 88.3% 38,437 (±3.4% / ±1,493.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
27% ±5.2% (1,530  ±308.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Granville County: 25.2% 10,964 (±1.9% / ±814.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about three-quarters 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

12.1% ±4.3% (979  ±347) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Granville County: 5.7% 3,491
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.3% ±2.4% (397  ±149) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Granville County: 7% † 3,363 (±0.9% / ±445)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
397 Total veterans ±149 327 Male ±149 70 Female ±65

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