Butner is a city of 8,065 people in North Carolina. The population is up 39% since 2000. 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 74% of homes are owner-occupied. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $231,100. People stay put here: 96% were in the same home a year ago.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $74,739, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 40.3
US median: 38.9
Less educated
27% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 37%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Butner
What changed most since 1990
Black share42.0% → 27.8%(−14.2 pts)US over the same years: +0.2 pts
Hispanic share0.6% → 24.9%(+24.3 pts)US over the same years: +9.9 pts
Poverty rate6.8% → 15.0%(+8.2 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Its weight in Granville County
Butner's population equals 13% of Granville County's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 28% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)19.1%(76)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)31.2%(124)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era57.7%(229)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 397 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Butner, decade by decade
Butner population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
4,679
$76,934
$154,084
5.6%
62.5
2000
5,792
$73,487
$168,503
9.7%
71.0
2010
7,591
$64,488
$180,541
11.2%
76.4
2020
8,397
$73,265
$194,896
20.1%
85.1
2024
8,065
$74,739
$231,100
27.0%
83.2
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
