Butler County vs Douglas County

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

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

Douglas County has the higher population (119,547 vs 67,916 in Butler County). Butler County has the higher median household income ($80,375 vs $68,756 in Douglas County). Douglas County has the higher median home value ($281,600 vs $199,600 in Butler County).

Population, income & housing

	Butler County	Douglas County
Population	67,916	119,547
Median age	38.3 yrs	31.3 yrs
Median household income	$80,375	$68,756
Median home value	$199,600	$281,600
Median gross rent	$984	$1,066
Housing units	27,175	53,308
Homeownership rate	78.2%	49.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.6%	52.0%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butler County	Douglas County
Population	66,698 → 67,916 (+1.8%)	120,290 → 119,547 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$64,782 → $80,375 (+24.1%)	$59,435 → $68,756 (+15.7%)
Median home value	$148,600 → $199,600 (+34.3%)	$199,400 → $281,600 (+41.2%)
Median gross rent	$855 → $984 (+15.1%)	$926 → $1,066 (+15.1%)

Butler County

Population

66,69867,916

Median household income

$64,782$80,375

Median home value

$148,600$199,600

Median gross rent

$855$984

Douglas County

Population

120,290119,547

Median household income

$59,435$68,756

Median home value

$199,400$281,600

Median gross rent

$926$1,066

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Butler County	Douglas County
Under 5	5.7%	4.5%
5 to 17	19.3%	13.3%
18 to 24	8.8%	23.0%
25 to 34	11.5%	13.8%
35 to 44	13.9%	12.4%
45 to 54	12.0%	9.7%
55 to 64	13.0%	10.0%
65 to 74	9.7%	8.4%
75 and over	6.2%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butler County	Douglas County
White (non-Hispanic)	86.3%	76.5%
Black or African American	2.0%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	1.0%
Asian	1.6%	4.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.5%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butler County	Douglas County
No high school diploma	5.9%	4.1%
High school graduate	28.2%	19.5%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	29.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	23.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butler County	Douglas County
Drove alone	81.7%	70.0%
Carpooled	7.2%	7.3%
Public transit	0.1%	2.6%
Walked	1.8%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.9%
Worked from home	8.3%	14.1%
Other means	0.8%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Butler County	Douglas County
1-unit, detached	79.7%	53.5%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	8.5%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	15.7%
20 or more units	1.8%	10.8%
Mobile home & other	8.1%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Butler County	Douglas County
Poverty rate	9.0%	15.2%
Average household size	2.59	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1984	1988