Butler County, Pennsylvania (PA)

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• • 175,23594.4%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 2,9941.6%Two or more races
  • 2,9761.6%Hispanic or Latino
  • 2,4281.3%Asian alone
  • 1,7040.9%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 1600.09%Some other race alone
  • 840.05%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 240.01%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

Mean price in 2019:

Detached houses: $265,437

Here:	$265,437
State:	$255,931

Townhouses or other attached units: $256,657

Here:	$256,657
State:	$201,403

In 2-unit structures: $307,164

Here:	$307,164
State:	$189,304

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $154,778

Here:	$154,778
State:	$200,358

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $152,462

Here:	$152,462
State:	$294,099

Mobile homes: $58,207

Here:	$58,207
State:	$62,605

Health of residents in Butler County based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2013 to 2019:

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2019: $3,109 (1.3%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $2,205 (1.2%)

Area name: Pittsburgh, PA HUD Metro FMR Area
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Butler County is $601 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $719 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $894 a month.

Cities in this county include: Butler, Fernway, Homeacre-Lyndora, Shanor-Northvue, Zelienople, Meridian, Slippery Rock, Fox Run, Meadowood, Oak Hills.

Neighboring counties: Dukes County, Massachusetts , Eureka County, Nevada , Cheyenne County, Nebraska , Fulton County, Indiana , Weber County, Utah , Indiana County , Seward County, Nebraska .

Current college students: 10,254
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 95.5%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 37.5%

Number of foreign born residents: 4,103 (66.1% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 1,1982010 or later
• 1,2372000 to 2009
• 7761990 to 1999
• 5751980 to 1989
• 3321970 to 1979
• 746Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 25.3 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 63.6%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 58,511
• One, attached: 6,304
• Two: 1,498
• 3 or 4: 1,937
• 5 to 9: 1,715
• 10 to 19: 2,638
• 20 to 49: 1,459
• 50 or more: 3,885
• Mobile homes: 6,924

Housing units in Butler County with a mortgage: 34,082 (474 second mortgage, 5,655 home equity loan, 52 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 25,305

Religion statistics for Butler County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Butler County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Pennsylvania Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4506-PA: March 30, 2020, FEMA Id: 4506, Natural disaster type: Other
• Pennsylvania Hurricane Sandy, Incident Period: October 26, 2012 to November 08, 2012, Emergency Declared EM-3356: October 29, 2012, FEMA Id: 3356, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Pennsylvania Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorms, Incident Period: February 05, 2010 to February 11, 2010, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1898: April 16, 2010, FEMA Id: 1898, Natural disaster type: Snowstorm, Winter Storm
• Pennsylvania Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3235: September 10, 2005, FEMA Id: 3235, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Pennsylvania Tropical Depression Ivan, Incident Period: September 17, 2004 to October 01, 2004, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1557: September 19, 2004, FEMA Id: 1557, Natural disaster type: Tropical Depression
• Pennsylvania Severe Storms and Flooding associated with Tropical Depression Frances, Incident Period: September 08, 2004 to September 09, 2004, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1555: September 19, 2004, FEMA Id: 1555, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood, Tropical Depression
• Pennsylvania Flooding, Incident Period: January 19, 1996 to February 01, 1996, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1093: January 21, 1996, FEMA Id: 1093, Natural disaster type: Flood
• Pennsylvania Severe Snowfall and Winter Storm, Incident Period: March 13, 1993 to March 17, 1993, Emergency Declared EM-3105: March 16, 1993, FEMA Id: 3105, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm, Snowfall
• Pennsylvania SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING, Incident Period: August 19, 1980, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-629: August 19, 1980, FEMA Id: 629, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Pennsylvania Tropical Storm Agnes, Incident Period: June 23, 1972, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-340: June 23, 1972, FEMA Id: 340, Natural disaster type: Tropical Storm

5.13% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($78,463 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.68% relocated from other counties in Pennsylvania ($53,592 average AGI)
1.45% relocated from other states ($24,872 average AGI)

Butler County:	1.45%
Pennsylvania average:	1.90%

from Allegheny County, PA	1.92% ($90,393 average AGI)
from Beaver County, PA	0.33% ($58,841)
from Lawrence County, PA	0.20% ($49,122)
from Westmoreland County, PA	0.19% ($73,456)
from Armstrong County, PA	0.18% ($48,601)
from Mercer County, PA	0.17% ($53,282)
from Venango County, PA	0.07% ($44,069)

5.10% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($75,347 average adjusted gross income)

0.03% of residents moved to foreign countries ($1,340 average AGI)

Butler County:	0.03%
Pennsylvania average:	0.04%

3.12% relocated to other counties in Pennsylvania ($36,569 average AGI)
1.95% relocated to other states ($37,438 average AGI)

Butler County:	1.95%
Pennsylvania average:	2.27%

to Allegheny County, PA	1.44% ($69,147 average AGI)
to Beaver County, PA	0.39% ($50,554)
to Lawrence County, PA	0.20% ($45,522)
to Armstrong County, PA	0.20% ($48,503)
to Mercer County, PA	0.18% ($54,109)
to Westmoreland County, PA	0.17% ($46,427)
to Venango County, PA	0.07% ($50,725)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.9
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 11.6
Births per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 9.8

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.4
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 9.8
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 10.3

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 6.3
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 5.3

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Butler County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 6%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 4%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 40,696 (11,239 living alone), Female householders: 37,224 (12,917 living alone)

• 42,527 spouses (42,450 opposite-sex spouses), 3,314 unmarried partners, (3,184 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 49,882 children (46,956 natural, 888 adopted, 2,038 stepchildren), 2,290 grandchildren, 806 brothers or sisters, 1,126 parents, 0 foster children, 1,354 other relatives, 2,965 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 5,669

Size of family households: 23,839 2-persons, 10,594 3-persons, 10,118 4-persons, 3,418 5-persons, 1,512 6-persons, 590 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 24,156 1-person, 3,456 2-persons, 148 3-persons, 89 4-persons.

29,882 married couples with children.
4,597 single-parent households (547 men, 4,050 women).

96.2% of residents of Butler speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (68% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (80% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (65% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $1,230,934,000 ($6,813 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $36,515,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $449,856,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $250,101,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $2,428,000
Federal grants: $145,409,000
Federal procurement contracts: $300,206,000 ($19,143,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $82,934,000 ($5,322,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $1,574,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $48,956,000
Federal Government insurance: $70,429,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Here:	+34 per 1000 residents
State:	-2 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 9.32 millions of gallons per day (17% from ground, 83% from surface)

• Year house built in Butler County, Pennsylvania
• 4,3302014 or later
• 2,1742010 to 2013
• 12,1302000 to 2009
• 13,8581990 to 1999
• 8,8611980 to 1989
• 12,5931970 to 1979
• 6,6831960 to 1969
• 8,2901950 to 1959
• 4,3031940 to 1949
• 11,6491939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Butler County, Pennsylvania

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Butler County, Pennsylvania
• 911 room
• 752 rooms
• 3793 rooms
• 3,2384 rooms
• 7,9065 rooms
• 12,8006 rooms
• 10,7047 rooms
• 9,0468 rooms
• 15,1489+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Butler County, Pennsylvania
• 1,3101 room
• 1,0282 rooms
• 4,0043 rooms
• 3,4114 rooms
• 4,2275 rooms
• 2,3476 rooms
• 1,3297 rooms
• 6508 rooms
• 2279+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Butler County, Pennsylvania

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Butler County, Pennsylvania
• 103no bedroom
• 5431 bedroom
• 9,0302 bedrooms
• 29,2313 bedrooms
• 17,3444 bedrooms
• 3,1365+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Butler County, Pennsylvania
• 1,426no bedroom
• 5,0731 bedroom
• 6,4402 bedrooms
• 4,7353 bedrooms
• 3984 bedrooms
• 4615+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Butler County, Pennsylvania in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Butler County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 767no vehicle
• 13,8221 vehicle
• 27,8022 vehicles
• 10,9473 vehicles
• 3,9094 vehicles
• 2,1405+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Butler County in renter-occupied apartments
• 4,019no vehicle
• 9,5231 vehicle
• 3,7632 vehicles
• 9253 vehicles
• 1924 vehicles
• 1115+ vehicles

88.6% of Butler County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 36% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 69% lived in Pennsylvania.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 155,685
• Other state: 27,573
• Northeast: 4,802
• Midwest: 10,601
• South: 9,204
• West: 2,966

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 3,143
• Number of aged recipients: 225
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 2,918
• Number of recipients under 18: 513
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 2,181
• Number of recipients older than 64: 449
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 1,119
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 1,498

Butler County on our top lists:

• #51 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest number of births per 1000 residents 2007-2013"
• #51 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest number of births per 1000 residents 2007-2013 (pop 50,000+)"
• #66 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest decrease in the number of births per 1000 residents 2000-2006 to 2007-2013 (pop 50,000+)"