Butler County vs Harrison County

A side-by-side comparison of Butler County and Harrison County: population, income, housing, and more.

Butler County and Harrison County are counties in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Harrison County has the higher population (14,645 vs 14,301 in Butler County). Harrison County has the higher median household income ($77,027 vs $69,651 in Butler County). Harrison County has the higher median home value ($165,300 vs $156,500 in Butler County).

Population, income & housing

	Butler County	Harrison County
Population	14,301	14,645
Median age	43.7 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$69,651	$77,027
Median home value	$156,500	$165,300
Median gross rent	$780	$854
Housing units	6,569	6,679
Homeownership rate	80.0%	76.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butler County	Harrison County
Population	14,628 → 14,301 (-2.2%)	14,089 → 14,645 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$57,115 → $69,651 (+21.9%)	$63,854 → $77,027 (+20.6%)
Median home value	$116,700 → $156,500 (+34.1%)	$120,600 → $165,300 (+37.1%)
Median gross rent	$598 → $780 (+30.4%)	$715 → $854 (+19.4%)

Butler County

Population

14,62814,301

Median household income

$57,115$69,651

Median home value

$116,700$156,500

Median gross rent

$598$780

Harrison County

Population

14,08914,645

Median household income

$63,854$77,027

Median home value

$120,600$165,300

Median gross rent

$715$854

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Butler County	Harrison County
Under 5	5.1%	5.7%
5 to 17	17.4%	17.3%
18 to 24	6.7%	7.3%
25 to 34	10.3%	10.6%
35 to 44	12.1%	11.7%
45 to 54	11.6%	12.3%
55 to 64	13.9%	15.4%
65 to 74	12.7%	11.3%
75 and over	10.1%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butler County	Harrison County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	95.0%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.2%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butler County	Harrison County
No high school diploma	6.4%	6.5%
High school graduate	36.9%	38.9%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butler County	Harrison County
Drove alone	83.2%	81.4%
Carpooled	7.8%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	2.3%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	5.9%	8.6%
Other means	0.5%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Butler County	Harrison County
1-unit, detached	89.1%	85.2%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.9%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Butler County	Harrison County
Poverty rate	10.7%	7.5%
Average household size	2.39	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1956	1952