Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
It is a town of 8,421 residents in Ohio.
The weak point is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $268K, 3.7 years of the Dayton metro’s $72K median household income. Butler Township’s overall grade is C+, better than two fifths of U.S. towns. In the ranking it comes 711th of 987 in Ohio. Health is weaker too: residents are less healthy than 76% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. On incomes it is strong: the median household earns $93K. 18% of the land in the town is conserved, above both the Ohio town median (3.7%) and the median of U.S. towns (4.3%). The town has 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Aullwood House and Garden and Deerwood Farm. On hazard risk, just 141 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns do better.
Figures: incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · home values, Zillow · health, CDC PLACES · FEMA National Risk Index · USGS PAD-US · National Register of Historic Places.
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 Ohio), ordered by how far Butler Township is from typical.
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The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 2012 and 4 maps from 1904 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Butler Township. Close and well known come first.
9 mi MuseumNational Museum of the United States Air Force1.0M visitors a year
Big draw37 mi Theme parkKings Island3.5M visitors a year9 mi MuseumNational Aviation Hall of Fame300K visitors a year
8 mi MuseumDayton Art Institute304K visitors a year
8 mi National Historical ParkDayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park80K visitors a year
10 mi MuseumHuffman PrairieNational Museum of the United States Air Force: No machine-readable author provided. Rogerd assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Kings Island: Eli Duke from Portland, OR, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Dayton Art Institute: Warren LeMay, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park: Chris Light (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Huffman Prairie: Wright Brothers, Public domain
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 Aug 3, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Butler Township.
Butler Township draws workers from Dayton and beyond, but it trails even towns with similar incomes on health.
In 3 parks and preserves, walkers have 12 miles of trail. Art Van Atta Park, at 83 acres with 1.8 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Butler Township’s concentration of trails stands at 0.7 miles per square mile.
| Butler Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 18% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.7 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Art Van Atta Park | 1.8 mi | 83 |
| 2. Fairvalley Park | — | 3 |
| 3. North Park | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its one school is below. Butler Township’s only public school teaches 642 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smith Intermediate SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades 3–5 | Grades 3–5 | 642 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
7,118 jobs are based in Butler Township, 2 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. Jobs based here grew from 3,725 in 2013 to 7,118.
The top destinations are Dayton (20%), Vandalia (9%) and Kettering (4%). Jobs in Butler Township grew by 3,393 from 2013 to 2023, reaching 7,118. 16% of workers do their job from home in the town. For half of commuters, work is under 10 miles away.
| Butler Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 16% | 9.7% | 11% |
| Median household income | $93,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.8% | 6.9% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Paid flood insurance claims in Butler Township since 1978: 22. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 93% of U.S. communities.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Against the 9,562 U.S. towns with household incomes like Butler Township’s, it is less healthy than 92%, so it trails even them.
38% of Butler Township adults have high blood pressure. Two figures for adults here: 36% feel lonely, 30% get no exercise outside work.
| Butler Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 12% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 34% | 33% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 28% | 25% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 26% | 23% |
| What stands out | Butler Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 9.6% | 8% |
| More adults in fair or poor health | 22.4% | 19.4% |
| More adults without reliable transportation | 8.8% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The range runs from 21° on a January night to 85° on a July afternoon, with about 25 inches of snow a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
8 within 15 miles of the center of Butler Township
About 5 of every 100 Butler Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Ohio.
18% of the town is conserved land, across 3 parks and preserves.
3 places in Butler Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Township in Ohio, US
Butler Township is one of the nine townships of Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,269.
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8 towns share a border with Butler Township.
Harrison Township next door grades lower for schools (C− to Butler Township’s B+) and higher for cost of living (B+ to C−).
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butler Township | #711 | C+ | C− | — | B+ | C− |
| Vandalia | #311 | B+ | B | C+ | B+ | B− |
| Union | #292 | B+ | B | B+ | B+ | C+ |
| Dayton | #974 | D | B+ | D− | C− | D− |
| Clayton | #260 | A− | C+ | B | B+ | B |
| Englewood | #367 | B+ | B | C− | B+ | B |
| Monroe Township | #67 | A | B− | — | A | B+ |
| Harrison Township | #876 | C− | B+ | — | C− | D |
Butler Township, Monroe Township and Harrison Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Butler Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Butler Township grades C+ overall, better than 40% of U.S. towns and #711 of 987 in Ohio. It grades C− for health and B+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
