Butner vs Stem

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

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

Butner has the higher population (7,996 vs 1,064 in Stem). Stem has the higher median household income ($85,385 vs $72,917 in Butner). Butner has the higher median home value ($225,600 vs $207,600 in Stem).

Population, income & housing

	Butner	Stem
Population	7,996	1,064
Median age	41.4 yrs	30.4 yrs
Median household income	$72,917	$85,385
Median home value	$225,600	$207,600
Median gross rent	$1,195	$983
Housing units	3,049	401
Homeownership rate	71.8%	97.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	33.1%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butner	Stem
Population	7,727 → 7,996 (+3.5%)	1,177 → 1,064 (-9.6%)
Median household income	$45,366 → $72,917 (+60.7%)	$80,375 → $85,385 (+6.2%)
Median home value	$136,700 → $225,600 (+65.0%)	$160,000 → $207,600 (+29.8%)
Median gross rent	$923 → $1,195 (+29.5%)	$1,014 → $983 (-3.1%)

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

Stem

Population

1,1771,064

Median household income

$80,375$85,385

Median home value

$160,000$207,600

Median gross rent

$1,014$983

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Butner	Stem
Under 5	6.7%	9.3%
5 to 17	15.2%	24.3%
18 to 24	7.8%	8.6%
25 to 34	14.2%	16.2%
35 to 44	12.0%	12.9%
45 to 54	15.4%	13.2%
55 to 64	13.0%	5.8%
65 to 74	10.9%	5.5%
75 and over	4.9%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butner	Stem
White (non-Hispanic)	42.4%	58.7%
Black or African American	28.3%	26.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	24.6%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butner	Stem
No high school diploma	23.0%	8.5%
High school graduate	25.4%	20.0%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	38.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.1%	20.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	12.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butner	Stem
Drove alone	75.5%	82.7%
Carpooled	13.2%	4.3%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	12.0%
Other means	1.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Butner	Stem
1-unit, detached	56.4%	99.0%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	12.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.8%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Butner	Stem
Poverty rate	15.5%	2.6%
Average household size	2.89	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	26	32
Median year structure built	1990	2008