Photo: EbonyEaton · CC BY-SA 4.0How is Butner run?
Butner’s town government spent $0 on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2022, about $0 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Butner didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Butner is run
Read from the town’s budget and official records.
Granville County Schools
Butner’s K–12 school district, shared with Creedmoor, Oxford, Stem, Stovall. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $14,025 per pupil, $8,401 goes to the classroom (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren’t in the per-pupil figure.
North Carolina districts overall: 26% local, 57% state, 17% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
No comparison or trend for Butner yet
Every year of Butner’s figures is a Census Bureau estimate: the town reported none of its dollars for 2022. Estimates are shown above, labeled, but never ranked against places that reported or drawn as a trend.
How Town Hall compares budgets →full-time in March 2025, up from 50 in 2022.
The typical homeowner pays $1,726 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.75% of the home’s value, vs 0.66% across North Carolina.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Butner’s rate.
Can I afford it? →The median bill homeowners report to the Census survey (bills of $10,000+ are reported as “$10,000+”). The effective rate is that bill ÷ the median home value: a rough guide, not the official tax rate.
Tax bills are one input to Butner’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Butner →
Who’s in charge in Butner
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
Butner’s meeting calendar isn’t in our feed yet. The town posts agendas and minutes on butnernc.org ↗.
One full-time town employee for every 138 residents
On the payroll in March 2025, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll. Residents: the Census population in the 2022 finance file (7,875).
By department full-time, plus part-time, March 2025
The Census reports one month’s payroll (March); yearly figures are that month × 12, an estimate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.
Butner’s votes are counted by county
North Carolina reports official results by county and precinct, not by town, so there are no official results for Butner alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Granville County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican54.1%17,385 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat44.7%14,368 votesOthers: 1.1% (356 votes).
Most votes in Granville County: Donald J Trump
North Carolina: Trump 50.9%, Harris 47.6%
100% of Butner lies in Granville County. Every 2024 race in Granville County is on the county’s page.
Granville County’s 2024 results →Official 2024 general election returns, as certified (MIT Election Data + Science Lab). Percentages are of votes for candidates; blank and spoiled ballots aren’t counted. Candidates are listed by votes, and party colors are neutral on purpose.
Portraits: Kamala D Harris: official vice-presidential portrait, Lawrence Jackson, The White House, 2021; Donald J Trump: official portrait, Shealah Craighead, The White House, 2017. All are U.S. government works in the public domain. A race shows photos only when every candidate has an official portrait; otherwise every candidate in it gets initials.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Butner.
- 1Your townTown governmentOfficials: butnernc.org ↗
- 2North Carolina HouseState representatives
- 3North Carolina SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of North Carolina
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
How Butner compares with the towns next door
Butner’s own figures are Census estimates, so it isn’t placed among its neighbors. 1 of the 1 towns next door reported 2022 figures, from $1,041 per resident. Tap a town to see its page.
| Town | Day-to-day, per resident (2022) | Tax bill |
|---|---|---|
| Creedmoor | $1,041 | $2,603 |
| Butner | estimate | $1,726 |
Day-to-day spending in 2022, the last year every government was counted, for governments that reported it; hospital and utilities left out. Tax bill: the typical homeowner’s bill (Census ACS, 2020–24).
Reach Butner’s government
The official site has phone numbers, hours and forms. Neighbors add the rest to the Handbook.
Questions about Butner’s government
How much does Butner spend per resident?
About $0 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2022, a Census Bureau estimate (Butner didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $4,000.
What is the property tax rate in Butner?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $1,726 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 0.75% of the typical home’s value, vs 0.66% across North Carolina. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see butnernc.org.
Who runs Butner’s government?
See butnernc.org for current officials. We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Butner yet.
How did Butner vote in 2024?
North Carolina counts votes by county and precinct, not by town, so there are no official results for Butner alone. Granville County, where 100% of Butner lies, voted Trump 54.1%, Harris 44.7% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Butner?
57 full-time and 19 part-time employees in March 2025, with a March payroll of $369,248 (about $4.4M a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Butner in the state legislature?
State Senate District 18 (Haseeb Fatmi) and State House District 32 (Bryan Cohn). The House district also covers six other towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
Ask neighbors about Butner’s government
Neighbors who’ve been to the meetings can help.
Budget and staff: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Governments (2022, every government) and Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances (2023–24, a sample) and the Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll (for Butner, the Bureau’s estimates); day-to-day spending is current operations, with hospitals, utilities and airports apart. School district: Census school finance survey, 2023–24. Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 2020–24. Elections: official 2024 returns via the MIT Election Data + Science Lab; turnout uses Census citizen voting-age population (CVAP, 2020–24). Officials: Open States, names shown only with a current term (checked October 9, 2026). Districts: Census Bureau (119th Congress, 2024 state districts); legislators: Open States and congress-legislators. How Town Hall works →