City safety & data profile

ButlerPA

Butler, PA is a 13K-resident city in Butler County with a median household income of $44,247.

Butler County, Pennsylvania. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Butler, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Butler has a population larger than 19% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $108,100, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

13K
Population (place)
Bottom 20%
By size
$44,247
Median income (place)
$108,100
Median home (place)
21.4%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Butler

Butler posts a median household income higher than 4% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Butler area.

Bottom 5%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Butler

Where Butler income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$44,247 Bottom 4% higher than 4% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Butler $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in PA

Population among 88 PA places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Philadelphia is the largest PA city on this list; Franklin Park leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in PA

Median household income among the same 88-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Franklin Park posts the highest place-level median income in PA; Philadelphia is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Butler, PA beyond the headline numbers

Butler sits inside Butler County, Pennsylvania, at roughly 40.86°N, -79.90°W. Population 13,289, $44,247 median household income. Median home value $108,100, median rent $818. Poverty rate 21.4%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Butler, 2/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

21.4% of Butler, PA residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Butler runs about 2.4 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

Only 7.6% of Butler workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, short sleep duration departs furthest from its peer median: 42.7% in Butler, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,852 cities reporting that measure.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Butler from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
13,289
Butler · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$44,247
-51% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$108,100
-74% vs avg
Median Age (place)
38.1
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Butler County): Butler's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
197K+7%
Median Income
$89,843+54%
Median Home Value
$294,200+73%
Poverty Rate
8.1%-13%
Unemployment
4.4%-37%

Economics

Economics indicators for Butler, PA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$818/mo
Poverty Rate
21.4% +73% vs avg
Unemployment 8.2%
Bachelor's Degree+ 23%
Work From Home 7.6%
Public Transit 1.7%

Population

White 90.5%
African American 3.2%
Asian 0.5%
Two or More Ethnicities 2.8%

Health Profile 2 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
42.7%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 55.5%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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Average Rating
2/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
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What alerts and safety updates affect Butler?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Butler right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

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Butler: 9 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-LIGHT 9 on record
  • WX-LED 100% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Albuquerque

Tagged alert mix: Butler

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 9 tagged notices on record for Butler.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Albuquerque, NM (10 tagged · Δ1)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Butler; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Pennsylvania state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (9 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Albuquerque, NM 10 alerts Central, LA 8 alerts Dallas, TX 7 alerts Leicester, MA 7 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Butler, PA? ▼
Butler, PA has a population of 13,289 people, located in Butler County, Pennsylvania.
What is the median household income in Butler? ▼
The median household income in Butler, PA is $44,247 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 21.4%.
What is the median home value in Butler? ▼
The median home value in Butler, PA is $108,100. Median rent is $818/month.
What are the top health concerns in Butler? ▼
The top health indicators in Butler include Short Sleep Duration (42.7%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Butler? ▼
Butler has 1 hospital with an average rating of 2/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Butler? ▼
The median age in Butler, PA is 38.1 years. 23% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Butler, both outside Pennsylvania so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside PA (21.4% here).

Wilmington, DE 21.4% Normal, IL 21.4% La Crosse, WI 21.4% Galveston, TX 21.4%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside PA ($44,247 here).

Corinth, MS $44,226 Talladega, AL $44,198 Moss Point, MS $44,296 Sebring, FL $44,184

Compare Butler with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Cranberry Township, PA 28K Fernway, PA 12K Natrona Heights, PA 11K Allison Park, PA 22K New Kensington, PA 13K Lower Burrell, PA 12K Franklin Park, PA 14K Penn Hills, PA 45K
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Using Butler's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Butler area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Butler against Pennsylvania peers on any ranking lens. Explore Pennsylvania

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Butler County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.