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.

A relatively large number of people in Butner telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 12.22% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.

Butner is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

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.