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Butler County, PA

Aggregated demographic, housing, and geographic context for the 31 ZIP codes inside Butler County, drawn from public Census ACS and SimpleMaps data.

ZIP codes
31
in this county
Total population
197,650
across all listed ZIPs
Cities
30
distinct city/town names
Avg density
141
people / sq mi
Avg median income
—
household, ACS
Avg home value
—
owner-occupied

ZIP codes in Butler County

ZIPCityPopulationDensityMedian income
16001 Butler 39,892 203 $61,325
16066 Cranberry Township 32,425 560 $125,390
16046 Mars 18,345 310 $143,987
16002 Butler 15,771 83 $82,676
16057 Slippery Rock 14,184 62 $56,285
16059 Valencia 9,155 135 $100,169
16055 Sarver 8,194 82 $89,112
16063 Zelienople 8,086 184 $86,533
16033 Evans City 7,056 89 $100,606
16025 Chicora 4,763 34 $75,000
16037 Harmony 4,751 53 $90,078
16023 Cabot 4,614 68 $83,704
16056 Saxonburg 4,260 78 $73,527
16053 Renfrew 3,721 67 $74,342
16038 Harrisville 3,404 29 $74,868
16051 Portersville 3,120 30 $80,642
16061 West Sunbury 2,729 25 $72,500
16052 Prospect 2,360 51 $79,438
16041 Karns City 2,060 27 $68,750
16034 Fenelton 1,792 37 $85,750
16020 Boyers 1,201 17 $85,625
16045 Lyndora 1,130 721 $69,750
16050 Petrolia 1,105 21 $58,558
16040 Hilliards 933 19 $87,891
16029 East Butler 910 453 $58,306
16027 Connoquenessing 432 207 $70,000
16022 Bruin 319 164 $75,625
16024 Callery 301 350 $80,000
16030 Eau Claire 286 104 $48,750
16035 Forestville 184 82 $60,385
16048 North Washington 167 26 $57,500

About Butler County

Counties are the workhorse unit of American local government — they administer property taxes, run the courts and sheriff’s office, manage many road and library systems, and in much of the country they collect public health and zoning data that ZIP codes don’t. Butler County in Pennsylvania contains roughly 31 ZIP codes spread across 30 distinct cities and unincorporated communities, with an aggregate population of about 197,650. Reading those ZIPs together at the county level smooths over neighborhood-by-neighborhood noise and surfaces the broader economic and demographic shape of the area. For block-level detail, drill into any individual ZIP profile or compare against the wider Pennsylvania index.

The average density across listed ZIPs sits at roughly 141, which classifies the county overall as a rural environment. That label is a generalization — nearly every county contains both a relatively dense core and quieter outlying ZIPs, and the gap between them is often what determines where you actually want to live or open a business. Average median household income in our enriched ZIPs lands near —, with average owner-occupied home values around —; both numbers move dramatically as you cross from one ZIP to the next, so use the table above as a sorting tool, not a verdict.

If you’re moving into Butler County, the county itself is also where most of your real-life paperwork will land — vehicle registration, voter registration, property recording, and school district enrollment in many states. Knowing the county that contains your prospective ZIP makes it much easier to look up the right tax assessor, election office, or school district website. Our relocation guide walks through the order in which to tackle these handoffs after a move.

For service-area planning, the county is also where most US business licensing and many sales-tax rules are administered. Service businesses scoping Butler County should pair this aggregate view with the individual ZIP profiles to identify the densest, highest-income pockets first, then expand outward along whatever transportation corridor matches their delivery model.