Butler County vs Caldwell County

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

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

Caldwell County has the higher population (12,631 vs 12,373 in Butler County). Caldwell County has the higher median household income ($57,618 vs $52,003 in Butler County). Caldwell County has the higher median home value ($113,500 vs $105,500 in Butler County).

Population, income & housing

	Butler County	Caldwell County
Population	12,373	12,631
Median age	41.1 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$52,003	$57,618
Median home value	$105,500	$113,500
Median gross rent	$688	$724
Housing units	5,453	6,085
Homeownership rate	73.1%	71.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.5%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butler County	Caldwell County
Population	12,764 → 12,373 (-3.1%)	12,702 → 12,631 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$41,763 → $52,003 (+24.5%)	$44,775 → $57,618 (+28.7%)
Median home value	$92,100 → $105,500 (+14.5%)	$87,900 → $113,500 (+29.1%)
Median gross rent	$559 → $688 (+23.1%)	$577 → $724 (+25.5%)

Butler County

Population

12,76412,373

Median household income

$41,763$52,003

Median home value

$92,100$105,500

Median gross rent

$559$688

Caldwell County

Population

12,70212,631

Median household income

$44,775$57,618

Median home value

$87,900$113,500

Median gross rent

$577$724

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Butler County	Caldwell County
Under 5	6.0%	5.7%
5 to 17	17.2%	17.3%
18 to 24	6.6%	7.3%
25 to 34	11.8%	11.2%
35 to 44	13.4%	10.7%
45 to 54	12.2%	12.5%
55 to 64	13.9%	14.3%
65 to 74	11.4%	11.9%
75 and over	7.6%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butler County	Caldwell County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	90.1%
Black or African American	0.2%	5.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.0%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butler County	Caldwell County
No high school diploma	18.0%	10.2%
High school graduate	49.7%	43.2%
Some college or associate's	22.8%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butler County	Caldwell County
Drove alone	83.2%	80.8%
Carpooled	12.1%	11.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	6.1%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Butler County	Caldwell County
1-unit, detached	65.0%	80.7%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	26.7%	10.6%

Poverty & households

	Butler County	Caldwell County
Poverty rate	18.6%	13.9%
Average household size	2.67	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1986	1974