Butte County, California

Butte County has a population of 207,929 and has shrunk 1.1% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $424,700, about 6.3 times the county's median household income of $67,928.

Home price
$424,700
Income
$67,928
Population
207,929
Unemployment
7.5%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$424,700county
Median gross rent$1,414county
Median year homes here were built1981county
Share of homes built before 198048.6%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile10.9%county
Share of homes that are vacant10.2%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented42.7%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use2.2%county
Typical monthly rent$1,560county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,625county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,270county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$2,260county
Home insurance / yr$1,616(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living142.3(statewide)
Median household income$67,928county
Family health premium / yr$24,143(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$21,945(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$5.593(statewide)
Poverty rate19.2%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home12.6%county
Unemployment rate7.5%county
Share of adults in the labor force59.2%county
Share of workers who are self-employed8.3%county
Share of workers employed by government18.5%county
Share of workers in the largest industry28.0%county
Economic output per resident$62,045county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.69%county
Top state income tax13.30%(statewide)
Capital gains tax13.30%(statewide)
Combined sales tax9.03%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time21.0 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service66 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport88676county
Miles to nearest general aviation field12 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here2county
Passenger train stations and the railway network1county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station7.7 micounty
Households without a vehicle6.0%county
Traffic deaths28.4county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-1.8(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher31.9%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher90.6%county
Public schools in the county87county
Public school enrollment29730county
Students per full-time teacher20.2county
Free lunch eligible62.8%county
Elementary schools45county
Middle schools13county
High schools15county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above2county
Share of local colleges that are public100.0%county
Two-year institutions1county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution8.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians59county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county3county
Hospitals here with an emergency department3county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here2county
Fine particulate matter16.1 µgcounty
Without health insurance6.4%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year16.1%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year16.2%county
Frequent mental distress18.6%county
No leisure-time physical activity22.7%county
Diagnosed diabetes10.6%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population207,929county
Land area in square miles1,637county
People per square mile of land127.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores44county
Convenience stores23county
Share living far from a food store13.3%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract15.1%county
Population change since 2020-1.1%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-1county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents2county
Median age36.2 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1820.4%county
Share of residents 65 and over18.4%county
Share of households that are one person28.1%county
Share of residents born outside the United States8.6%county
Second languages16.6%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls29.0%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents90county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents2county
Households that moved in4,691county
Households that moved away4,416county
Average income of arriving households$52,342county
Average income of departing households$59,014county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes11county
Housing units authorised in the latest year997county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings33.6%county
Violent crime rate486(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature61.7°Fcounty
Annual precipitation43.5 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy5.00 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F72 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing2 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 8bcounty
Frost-free days254 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMar 15county
Average first fall frostNov 24county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$198county
Electric utilities serving this county1county
Electricity price per kWh39.6¢county
Household electricity use500 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$20.81(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity35.0%county
Homes heated by utility gas45.4%county
Homes heated by propane9.1%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.2%county
Homes heated by wood7.0%county
Households with broadband91.8%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk93.2county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk99.7county
Landslide risk97.6county
Hail risk34.0county
Earthquake risk97.5county
Tornado risk28.2county
Tropical cyclone risk0.0county
Extreme heat risk82.0county
Winter weather risk25.9county
Strong wind risk12.1county
Wildfire risk98.5county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Butte County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the California figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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