It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Butner has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Butner has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Butner than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Butner may be for you.
The education level of Butner citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 24.52% of adults in Butner have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Butner in 2022 was $29,196, which is middle income relative to North Carolina, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $116,784 for a family of four. However, Butner contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Butner is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Butner home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Butner residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Butner also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 24.57% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Butner include English, German, Irish, Italian, and French.
The most common language spoken in Butner is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
