Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,759, platted in 1856.
Butler Township’s best subject grade is an A− for cost of living; its weakest is a D for walkability. 91% of households own their home in Butler Township, where Indiana’s towns sit at 76% and U.S. towns at 73%. Only 42 of Indiana’s 1,043 towns score lower on civic life. William Cornell Homestead is on the National Register of Historic Places. Butler Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Butler Township beats most towns.
Where Butler Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Butler Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,056 in 1880, 2,635 in 2020. The archive holds 8 old photos and papers going back to 2011 and 4 maps from 1957 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Butler Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Butler Township.
Most working residents leave Butler Township for work: only 1% work in town. Butler Township’s average trip to work is 22 minutes, below both Indiana’s towns (24 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). 13% of residents live below the poverty line in Butler Township.
| Butler Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1.5% | 11% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 13% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $81,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Butler Township tracks Indiana closely on all 32 CDC measures. 43% of Butler Township adults have obesity.
| Butler Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 39% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 26% | 23% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 16% | 16% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 17% | 14% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Butler Township has chilly winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 17° and about 30 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 61% of U.S. communities. Since 1990, 6 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Butler Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Indiana average. Butler Township has grown 2.6% since 2020, to 1,759 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 21% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 30% across Indiana.
| Butler Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 21% | 23% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 21% | 22% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 16% | 18% | 18% |
| Median age | 38.7 years | 39.4 years | 40.5 years |
46% women, 54% men
About 118 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±2.5 points). Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Butler Township | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 8% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 12.6% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 11% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 15.1% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.4% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.4% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.6% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.7% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 4.2% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.6% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 43.7% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 23.1% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.2% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 10.8% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 9.7% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,800, single groups can be off by several points
0.2 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. The biggest park or preserve is Heinzerling Family Five Points Nature Preserve, at 106 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Heinzerling Family Five Points Nature Preserve | — | 106 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Butler Township. Close and well known come first.
5 mi MuseumAuburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum
14 mi Zoo & aquariumFort Wayne Children's Zoo26 mi Theme parkFun Spot Amusement Park & Zoo
15 mi MuseumFort Wayne Museum of Art
16 mi GardenFoellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory
35 mi MuseumUnited States Vice Presidential MuseumAuburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum: Michael Walter, a.k.a. Cuppysfriend, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Wayne Children's Zoo: Momoneymoproblemz, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Wayne Museum of Art: Momoneymoproblemz, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0 · United States Vice Presidential Museum: Pilcrow, Public domain
2 within 15 miles of the center of Butler Township
About 2 of every 100 Butler Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
City in Indiana, United States
Butler is a city in DeKalb County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Butler had a population of 2,635.
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4 towns share a border with Butler Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butler Township | — | — | A− | — | B− | C |
| Keyser Township | #311 | B | A | — | B− | C |
| Perry Township | #55 | A | C+ | — | A | A |
| Swan Township | — | — | B− | — | B− | B− |
| Jackson Township | #255 | B+ | B+ | — | B+ | C+ |
Butler Township and Swan Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Butler Township, Keyser Township, Perry Township, Swan Township and Jackson Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Butler Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.
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