Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 8,853.
Madison Township grades C overall, ranked 780th of 987 in Ohio, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. On the other side, CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 79% of the country. It also does better than most on incomes: the median household earns $82K. A typical home there costs about $236K, 2.9 years of the Cincinnati metro’s $81K median household income. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 88% of U.S. towns. Only 56 of Ohio’s 1,560 towns score lower on civic life. Its National Register listings include Henry P. Deuscher House and Frederick Augspurger Farm.
Where Madison Township beats most towns.
Where Madison 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 Madison Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1875 and 4 maps from 1908 on.
8 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Madison Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw16 mi Theme parkKings Island3.5M visitors a year
24 mi MuseumNational Museum of the United States Air Force1.0M visitors a year
31 mi Stadium & arenaPaycor Stadium
31 mi Stadium & arenaGreat American Ball Park
28 mi Stadium & arenaNippert Stadium
37 mi MuseumCreation Museum1.2M visitors a yearKings Island: Eli Duke from Portland, OR, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · National Museum of the United States Air Force: No machine-readable author provided. Rogerd assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Paycor Stadium: JonRidinger, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Great American Ball Park: Eric Kilby profile at Flickr website, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Nippert Stadium: Ben Levin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Creation Museum: Creashin at English Wikipedia, Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in Madison 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 Madison Township.
Madison Township sends most of its workers to Middletown and beyond, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Ohio (mostly inland flooding).
For Madison Township, that is against 3.7% in Ohio’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. 14 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves. Meadow Ridge Metropark, at 398 acres with 10.6 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
| Madison Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.6% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Meadow Ridge Metropark | 10.6 mi | 398 |
| 2. Sebald MetroPark | 2.5 mi | 360 |
| 3. Madison Community Park | 0.8 mi | 26 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by the Madison Local school district. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Madison High School, with 438 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 711 | A− |
| Madison High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 438 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
41% of Madison Township adults have obesity, where Ohio’s towns sit at 38% and U.S. towns at 35%. 27% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Madison Township. Madison Township beats the Ohio average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2.
| Madison Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 38% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 26% | 23% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 14% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 34% | 33% |
| What stands out | Madison Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More smokers | 17.7% | 15.4% |
| More adults with COPD | 9% | 8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Madison Township has 748 jobs for its 3,929 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Madison Township for work: only 4% work in town. Since 2013, Madison Township has lost 99 jobs, to 748 in 2023. The top destinations are Middletown (14%), Cincinnati (7%) and West Chester Township (6%).
| Madison Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 4.3% | 6.9% | 8% |
| Work from home | 9.4% | 9.7% | 11% |
| Median household income | $82,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Madison Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 22° and about 10 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Adults 18 to 34 are 18% of residents (22% statewide). 25% of Madison Township residents are under 18. Madison Township has grown 3.7% since 2020, to 8,853 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Madison Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 25% | 22% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 22% | 24% | 29% |
| Median age | 42.4 years | 41.7 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 18% | 20% | 18% |
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.5 points. Across Ohio, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Madison Township | OH | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 14% | 11.7% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.7% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.6% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 10.5% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 9.2% | 12.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 16% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.3% | 13.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.1% | 10.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.7% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.5% | 8.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 38.3% | 32.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 23.4% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 12.4% | 9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 13.6% | 19.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8.8% | 12.2% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 86% of Ohio towns, with expected losses of about $274 per resident a year; that rating is what its C+ for hazard risk is built on.
Madison Township’s FEMA risk score is 54 of 100. Since 2011, 9 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Madison Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
2 within 15 miles of the center of Madison Township
About 4 of every 100 Madison Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
8 places in Madison Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Township in Ohio, US
Madison Township is one of thirteen townships in Butler County, Ohio, United States. Located in northeastern Butler County, just west of Middletown, it had a population of 8,556 people as of the 2020 census. While it surrounds the city of Trenton, the city is no longer part of the township. It is named for James Madison, president of the United States at the time of its creation in 1810, and is one of twenty Madison Townships statewide.
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10 towns share a border with Madison Township.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Township | #780 | C | B− | — | B | C− |
| Trenton | #560 | B− | B | — | B− | C+ |
| Lemon Township | #362 | B+ | C+ | — | A− | C+ |
| Middletown | #868 | C− | B+ | — | C | D |
| German Township | #481 | B | B− | — | B | B |
| Liberty Township | #628 | B− | C− | — | A− | C |
| St. Clair Township | #850 | C | A− | — | B− | C |
| Wayne Township | #617 | B− | B+ | — | B− | C |
Madison Township, Trenton, Lemon Township, Middletown, German Township, Liberty Township, St. Clair Township and Wayne Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Madison Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Madison Township grades C overall, better than 34% of U.S. towns and #780 of 987 in Ohio. It grades C− for health and B for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.
