Butner is a somewhat small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 8,134 people and three associated neighborhoods, Butner is the 111th largest community in North Carolina.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 12.22% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Being a small town, Butner does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

In terms of college education, Butner is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 26.96% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Butner in 2022 was $30,670, which is middle income relative to North Carolina, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $122,680 for a family of four. However, Butner contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Butner is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Butner home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Butner residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Butner also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 24.87% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Butner include English, German, Irish, European, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Butner is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.