Butts County vs Union County

A side-by-side comparison of Butts County and Union County: population, income, housing, and more.

Butts County and Union County are counties in Georgia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Butts County has the higher population (26,074 vs 25,598 in Union County). Union County has the higher median household income ($65,697 vs $59,221 in Butts County). Union County has the higher median home value ($272,600 vs $227,800 in Butts County).

Population, income & housing

	Butts County	Union County
Population	26,074	25,598
Median age	38.5 yrs	55.9 yrs
Median household income	$59,221	$65,697
Median home value	$227,800	$272,600
Median gross rent	$952	$842
Housing units	9,640	14,952
Homeownership rate	71.1%	82.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.9%	25.7%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butts County	Union County
Population	24,090 → 26,074 (+8.2%)	23,288 → 25,598 (+9.9%)
Median household income	$43,471 → $59,221 (+36.2%)	$50,021 → $65,697 (+31.3%)
Median home value	$132,600 → $227,800 (+71.8%)	$196,500 → $272,600 (+38.7%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $952 (+12.0%)	$780 → $842 (+7.9%)

Butts County

Population

24,09026,074

Median household income

$43,471$59,221

Median home value

$132,600$227,800

Median gross rent

$850$952

Union County

Population

23,28825,598

Median household income

$50,021$65,697

Median home value

$196,500$272,600

Median gross rent

$780$842

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Butts County	Union County
Under 5	4.5%	3.8%
5 to 17	16.0%	11.5%
18 to 24	9.4%	5.8%
25 to 34	14.6%	8.4%
35 to 44	12.7%	8.7%
45 to 54	14.2%	10.7%
55 to 64	13.1%	17.2%
65 to 74	9.4%	20.3%
75 and over	6.1%	13.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butts County	Union County
White (non-Hispanic)	64.9%	92.8%
Black or African American	27.5%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.1%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butts County	Union County
No high school diploma	16.2%	11.2%
High school graduate	41.1%	32.1%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butts County	Union County
Drove alone	80.2%	80.0%
Carpooled	8.3%	8.3%
Public transit	0.3%	0.5%
Walked	0.6%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	9.9%
Other means	1.1%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Butts County	Union County
1-unit, detached	80.5%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	1.4%
20 or more units	1.1%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	6.4%	15.4%

Poverty & households

	Butts County	Union County
Poverty rate	12.9%	10.4%
Average household size	2.69	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	31	22
Median year structure built	1994	1994