PlainZIP

Butner, NC

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Butner, NC: 1 USPS ZIP, population 10,167. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet BUTNER-NC · Butner, NC 1 ZIPs · 10,167 pop · #11921/25278 · Granville County

INC-MID · RANK-MID · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-MID $73,136
  • RANK-MID #11921/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Creedmoor
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 65% owners
  • POP-TOWN 10,167
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $215,200

Nearest income peer: Creedmoor, NC (+ $3,958 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Butner

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Butner on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Butner, NC sits among US cities with an above-median household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 47%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
10,167
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$73,136
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Above-median income on a short ZIP list (1) - lead code 27509 (10,167 residents). Household income $73,136 is the roll-up; open the ZIP for tenure and commute.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (65.2%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Butner as a pure owner town.

Within North Carolina, Franklinton is the closest lower-income city and Angier the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Butner.

Population concentration

Butner's single ZIP 27509 carries the town

Butner is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 27509 is the entire residential footprint (10,167 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Butner

Citywide ZBP: 66 establishments, 5,621 employees , annual payroll $265,445k (~6 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 27509 (66 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (11) · also Health care and social assistance · Manufacturing .

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ZIP Codes in Butner, NC

These ZIP codes sit in Granville County, which covers 7 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Butner. See the Granville County roll-up →

Butner lands mid-pack among the 6 cities sharing Granville County: Creedmoor, Rougemont and Bullock earn more and Oxford, Stem and Stovall earn less. Bullock marks the far end of that range at $120,849, 65% above Butner.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
27509 10,167 $73,136 66 262
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Butner roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Butner, .