Butner vs Oxford

A side-by-side comparison of Butner and Oxford: population, income, housing, and more.

Butner and Oxford are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Oxford has the higher population (8,897 vs 7,996 in Butner). Butner has the higher median household income ($72,917 vs $48,135 in Oxford). Butner has the higher median home value ($225,600 vs $177,200 in Oxford).

Population, income & housing

	Butner	Oxford
Population	7,996	8,897
Median age	41.4 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$72,917	$48,135
Median home value	$225,600	$177,200
Median gross rent	$1,195	$986
Housing units	3,049	4,041
Homeownership rate	71.8%	52.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	20.7%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butner	Oxford
Population	7,727 → 7,996 (+3.5%)	8,721 → 8,897 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$45,366 → $72,917 (+60.7%)	$38,606 → $48,135 (+24.7%)
Median home value	$136,700 → $225,600 (+65.0%)	$137,100 → $177,200 (+29.2%)
Median gross rent	$923 → $1,195 (+29.5%)	$701 → $986 (+40.7%)

Butner

Population

7,7277,996

Median household income

$45,366$72,917

Median home value

$136,700$225,600

Median gross rent

$923$1,195

Oxford

Population

8,7218,897

Median household income

$38,606$48,135

Median home value

$137,100$177,200

Median gross rent

$701$986

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Butner	Oxford
Under 5	6.7%	5.9%
5 to 17	15.2%	17.5%
18 to 24	7.8%	5.7%
25 to 34	14.2%	13.7%
35 to 44	12.0%	10.3%
45 to 54	15.4%	9.1%
55 to 64	13.0%	14.3%
65 to 74	10.9%	13.1%
75 and over	4.9%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butner	Oxford
White (non-Hispanic)	42.4%	34.7%
Black or African American	28.3%	54.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.2%
Asian	0.2%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.2%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	24.6%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butner	Oxford
No high school diploma	23.0%	13.3%
High school graduate	25.4%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	36.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.1%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butner	Oxford
Drove alone	75.5%	84.4%
Carpooled	13.2%	4.4%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	8.3%
Other means	1.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Butner	Oxford
1-unit, detached	56.4%	72.3%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	12.2%
5 to 19 units	12.5%	9.1%
20 or more units	1.1%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	22.8%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Butner	Oxford
Poverty rate	15.5%	25.3%
Average household size	2.89	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1990	1974