County profile
Butler County, PA
United States · GDP 2024
#333 of 3,127 US counties by GDP50th-percentile growthmore diversified than 97% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$14.5B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
86,610
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
5,083
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$63.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
200,169
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.4%
Median HH income
$89.8k±$2.4k
Bachelor's degree+
39.4%±1.1%
Poverty rate
8.1%±0.6%
Business applications
1,922 · 2025
Retail establishments
670
33.6/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.
HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Health care26%
Retail trade19%
Manufacturing19%
Food & accommodation13%
Professional services12%
Transportation10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
200,169
residents · 2025 · +3.2% since 2020
Income per capita $76.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+8,501
International migration+793
Natural change−2,959
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$11.1B2019
$10.7B2020
$11.9B2021
$12.9B2022
$13.9B2023
$14.5B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$294.2k±$5.9k
Median gross rent
$1.0k/mo±$35/mo
Vacancy rate
7.5%±0.7%
Affordability
4.6× wages
Residential permits
$375.2M
1,246 units · 6.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
79.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Lightning 90Landslide 84Strong wind 80
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3642016
3742017
3832018
3972019
4122020
4462021
4912022
5292023
5582024
5802025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 11% since 20211,1202021
9692022
1,0072023
9762024
1,2462025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
17.3 km
I-79
Nearest freight rail
2.3 km
CN
Nearest port
32.6 km
ARMSTRONG TERMINAL, SCHENLEY WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
52.0 km
VENANGO RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$63.9k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Butler?
Butler's economy produced $14.5B in 2024, growing 4.4% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.