ButtersNC
Home to 62 people, the town was settled in 1928.
Is Butters a good place to live?
Butters’ midpoint age is 62.9 years, above both the North Carolina town median (40.1 years) and the median of U.S. towns (40.5 years). No town among the 291 in North Carolina we compare has a higher owner-occupancy rate than Butters. Butters has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
62 people, and everyone knows the way
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The data
Ordered by what stands out in Butters.
Very high risk in Butters, with hurricanes at the top
Expected damage from storms and floods is higher here than in 89% of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects in Butters, 48% come from hurricanes and 30% from inland flooding.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most of Butters’ workers commute out: the town has 0.1 jobs for each of them
For half of commuters, work is under 30 miles away. The top destinations are Lumberton (11%), Bladenboro (7%) and Elizabethtown (7%).
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Butters, expect mild winters and hot summers
The typical July afternoon high for Butters comes to 91°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Butters is
Butters: 47% of adults have high blood pressure. Of 32 CDC measures, Butters beats the North Carolina average on 2 and trails it on 12. In Butters, 16% of adults have diabetes, and 12% binge drink.
| Butters | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 47% | 38% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 13% | 12% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 15% | 16% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Butters | NC |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 12.1% | 14.7% |
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 83.3% | 76.7% |
| More adults with heart disease | 11.5% | 6.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Butters
Moving to Butters: who provides what
Butters is unincorporated, so Bladen County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
100% of working residents leave Butters for work
Where Butters’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Butters
College town 24 of every 100 Butters residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across North Carolina.
About Butters
Census-designated place in North Carolina, United States
Butters is a census-designated place (CDP) in Bladen County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 250 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 1.5 sq mi
- Elevation
- 112 ft
- Area code
- 910
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