What is the population of Butner town?

Butner town has 7,996 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #117 of 777 in North Carolina.

What is the median household income in Butner town?

Median household income in Butner town is $72,917 a year, 7.2% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Butner town?

Median gross rent is $1,195 a month and the median home value is $225,600, so rent absorbs about 19.7% of median household income.

Is Butner town affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Butner town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Butner, NC population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Butner, North Carolina (Butner, NC — Census place “Butner town”) is 7,996 residents, ranking #117 of 777 places in North Carolina. Median household income is $72,917, the median home is worth $225,600 and median gross rent runs $1,195 a month. Looking for the Butner North Carolina ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Butner, NC: 27509, 27522.

Population: 7,996Butner town residents
Median household income: $72,917Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $225,600Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,195Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 41.4 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 71.8%Owner-occupied households

Butner ZIP codes (North Carolina)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Butner.

The Butner NC ZIP code list below covers 2 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Butner town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Butner town median would spend about 19.7% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 15.5% of residents and 71.8% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Butner town, NC in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Butner town is a mid-size town in North Carolina, with 7,996 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #117 of 777 ranked by population — larger than 85% of them. The median age here is 41.4 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Butner town earn a median of $72,917 a year, 7.2% below the national figure of $78,538 and 19% above the $61,228 median for the 459 North Carolina cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 15.5% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Butner town is valued at $225,600, 25.6% below the national figure and 3% above the $219,800 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,195 a month, 15% below the national figure, or roughly $14,340 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 19.7% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 71.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Butner town?: Butner town has 7,996 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #117 of 777 in North Carolina.
What is the median household income in Butner town?: Median household income in Butner town is $72,917 a year, 7.2% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Butner town?: Median gross rent is $1,195 a month and the median home value is $225,600, so rent absorbs about 19.7% of median household income.
Is Butner town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Butner town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Butner town data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.