Butner vs Stovall

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

Butner and Stovall 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 276 in Stovall). Butner has the higher median household income ($72,917 vs $46,250 in Stovall). Butner has the higher median home value ($225,600 vs $163,400 in Stovall).

Population, income & housing

	Butner	Stovall
Population	7,996	276
Median age	41.4 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$72,917	$46,250
Median home value	$225,600	$163,400
Median gross rent	$1,195	$736
Housing units	3,049	145
Homeownership rate	71.8%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	19.9%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butner	Stovall
Population	7,727 → 7,996 (+3.5%)	351 → 276 (-21.4%)
Median household income	$45,366 → $72,917 (+60.7%)	$39,107 → $46,250 (+18.3%)
Median home value	$136,700 → $225,600 (+65.0%)	$106,700 → $163,400 (+53.1%)
Median gross rent	$923 → $1,195 (+29.5%)	$893 → $736 (-17.6%)

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

Stovall

Population

351276

Median household income

$39,107$46,250

Median home value

$106,700$163,400

Median gross rent

$893$736

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Butner	Stovall
Under 5	6.7%	8.0%
5 to 17	15.2%	15.9%
18 to 24	7.8%	1.4%
25 to 34	14.2%	9.8%
35 to 44	12.0%	17.4%
45 to 54	15.4%	5.8%
55 to 64	13.0%	17.4%
65 to 74	10.9%	18.1%
75 and over	4.9%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butner	Stovall
White (non-Hispanic)	42.4%	69.2%
Black or African American	28.3%	23.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	24.6%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butner	Stovall
No high school diploma	23.0%	13.6%
High school graduate	25.4%	43.7%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	22.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.1%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butner	Stovall
Drove alone	75.5%	60.2%
Carpooled	13.2%	17.3%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	13.3%
Other means	1.0%	5.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Butner	Stovall
1-unit, detached	56.4%	81.4%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	12.5%	4.1%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.8%	11.7%

Poverty & households

	Butner	Stovall
Poverty rate	15.5%	10.7%
Average household size	2.89	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	26	36
Median year structure built	1990	1967