Butler County vs Pettis County

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

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

Pettis County has the higher population (43,205 vs 42,166 in Butler County). Pettis County has the higher median household income ($60,232 vs $49,213 in Butler County). Pettis County has the higher median home value ($161,500 vs $138,800 in Butler County).

Population, income & housing

	Butler County	Pettis County
Population	42,166	43,205
Median age	40.5 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$49,213	$60,232
Median home value	$138,800	$161,500
Median gross rent	$768	$863
Housing units	19,296	18,608
Homeownership rate	65.0%	70.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butler County	Pettis County
Population	42,656 → 42,166 (-1.1%)	42,355 → 43,205 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$39,915 → $49,213 (+23.3%)	$46,157 → $60,232 (+30.5%)
Median home value	$113,500 → $138,800 (+22.3%)	$119,100 → $161,500 (+35.6%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $768 (+13.8%)	$707 → $863 (+22.1%)

Butler County

Population

42,65642,166

Median household income

$39,915$49,213

Median home value

$113,500$138,800

Median gross rent

$675$768

Pettis County

Population

42,35543,205

Median household income

$46,157$60,232

Median home value

$119,100$161,500

Median gross rent

$707$863

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Butler County	Pettis County
Under 5	6.4%	6.9%
5 to 17	16.9%	18.3%
18 to 24	8.0%	8.5%
25 to 34	12.1%	12.3%
35 to 44	11.5%	13.1%
45 to 54	12.7%	10.7%
55 to 64	13.2%	13.2%
65 to 74	11.4%	10.0%
75 and over	7.8%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butler County	Pettis County
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	82.6%
Black or African American	4.6%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.4%
Some other race	0.8%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.9%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	9.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butler County	Pettis County
No high school diploma	15.5%	12.8%
High school graduate	39.8%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butler County	Pettis County
Drove alone	78.6%	79.4%
Carpooled	13.1%	11.0%
Public transit	0.5%	0.2%
Walked	1.6%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	4.9%	6.2%
Other means	1.2%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Butler County	Pettis County
1-unit, detached	74.3%	78.6%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	5.2%
20 or more units	1.3%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	11.6%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Butler County	Pettis County
Poverty rate	20.3%	13.4%
Average household size	2.50	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	1980	1974