Butler County vs Warren County

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

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

Butler County has the higher population (389,910 vs 246,364 in Warren County). Warren County has the higher median household income ($107,843 vs $81,194 in Butler County). Warren County has the higher median home value ($319,700 vs $243,000 in Butler County).

Population, income & housing

	Butler County	Warren County
Population	389,910	246,364
Median age	37.1 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$81,194	$107,843
Median home value	$243,000	$319,700
Median gross rent	$1,098	$1,293
Housing units	154,777	94,910
Homeownership rate	69.9%	79.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.5%	45.7%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butler County	Warren County
Population	380,019 → 389,910 (+2.6%)	229,132 → 246,364 (+7.5%)
Median household income	$66,117 → $81,194 (+22.8%)	$87,125 → $107,843 (+23.8%)
Median home value	$172,900 → $243,000 (+40.5%)	$222,500 → $319,700 (+43.7%)
Median gross rent	$883 → $1,098 (+24.3%)	$1,061 → $1,293 (+21.9%)

Butler County

Population

380,019389,910

Median household income

$66,117$81,194

Median home value

$172,900$243,000

Median gross rent

$883$1,098

Warren County

Population

229,132246,364

Median household income

$87,125$107,843

Median home value

$222,500$319,700

Median gross rent

$1,061$1,293

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Butler County	Warren County
Under 5	5.9%	5.5%
5 to 17	17.7%	18.5%
18 to 24	11.9%	7.9%
25 to 34	11.8%	11.4%
35 to 44	12.4%	13.9%
45 to 54	12.0%	14.1%
55 to 64	12.7%	13.4%
65 to 74	9.5%	9.4%
75 and over	6.0%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butler County	Warren County
White (non-Hispanic)	75.9%	82.7%
Black or African American	8.2%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	4.1%	6.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.7%
Two or more races	4.8%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butler County	Warren County
No high school diploma	8.8%	5.0%
High school graduate	32.0%	24.6%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.8%	27.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	18.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butler County	Warren County
Drove alone	76.7%	75.5%
Carpooled	8.2%	6.2%
Public transit	0.3%	0.3%
Walked	1.8%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.1%
Worked from home	11.8%	16.3%
Other means	0.8%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Butler County	Warren County
1-unit, detached	72.8%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	9.6%	8.2%
20 or more units	3.8%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Butler County	Warren County
Poverty rate	11.7%	5.4%
Average household size	2.61	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1979	1994