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Yes, by almost any measure. Tipp City earns an A+, 31st among Ohio's 987 graded towns. Its schools rank ahead of 91% of Ohio towns, the median household earns $78K, and it reports less crime per resident than 75% of U.S. towns. Its lowest mark, a B−, is in cost of living. 17% of the land in Tipp City is conserved, where Ohio’s towns sit at 3.7% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. On walkability, just 169 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns do better. Its National Register listings include Old Tippecanoe Main Street Historic District and Saunders Seed Company.
Where Tipp City beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Tipp City is from typical.
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Census counts: 949 in 1860, 10,274 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1910 and 6 maps from 1904 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Tipp City. Close and well known come first.
13 mi MuseumNational Museum of the United States Air Force1.0M visitors a year
37 mi MountainCampbell Hill13 mi MuseumNational Aviation Hall of Fame300K visitors a year
20 mi LandmarkMadonna of the Trail
13 mi MuseumHuffman Prairie
14 mi MuseumDayton Art Institute304K visitors a yearNational Museum of the United States Air Force: No machine-readable author provided. Rogerd assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Campbell Hill: Analogue Kid (talk)., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Madonna of the Trail: W. Guy Finley, Public domain · Huffman Prairie: Wright Brothers, Public domain · Dayton Art Institute: Warren LeMay, CC BY-SA 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Tipp City, 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 Tipp City.
Tipp City trades workers with Dayton and other neighbors, has less tooth loss than most of Ohio and has seen reported crime fall by a third or more.
The typical Tipp City home is worth about $346,000, up 1.7% in a year, 41% above the Ohio typical home. Tipp City’s median rent is $858 a month, close to Ohio’s towns ($944 a month) and below U.S. towns ($1,185 a month).
| Tipp City | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $858 a month | $944 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 70% | 77% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Reported crimes fell from 137 to 80 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings. Violent crime is rare: 2 reported in 2025, 0.2 per 1,000 residents.
Tipp City’s violent crime rate is 0.2 per 1,000 residents.
| Tipp City | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.2 per 1,000 residents | 1.2 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 7.3 per 1,000 residents | 9.4 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 78% of U.S. communities. Since 2004, 6 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Tipp City.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its widest gap with Ohio is tooth loss: 9.6% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 15.3% statewide.
Tipp City beats the Ohio average on 10 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 16% of adults say their health is fair or poor in Tipp City.
| Tipp City | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 38% | 35% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 20% | 19% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 9.4% | 13% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Tipp City | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 9.6% | 15.3% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.4% | 14.1% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10% | 8.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
1.0 miles of trail in 9 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Thomas B. Kyle Senior Memorial Park, at 149 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Thomas B. Kyle Senior Memorial Park | 0.8 mi | 149 |
| 2. City Park | — | 37 |
| 3. Lesher Woods | — | 27 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Tipp City has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 21° and about 12 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Tipp City has about as many jobs (5,879) as working residents, but only 540 people both live and work here.
Most working residents leave Tipp City for work: only 11% work in town. The average trip to work in Tipp City is 21 minutes. The top destinations are Dayton (12%), Troy (11%) and Vandalia (5%).
| Tipp City | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 6.2% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 11% | 6.8% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Ohio average. 34% of Tipp City adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more. Tipp City has grown 3.6% since 2020, to 10,644 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Tipp City | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 34% | 24% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 21% | 20% | 18% |
54% women, 46% men
About 84 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±3 points). Across Ohio, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Tipp City | OH | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.7% | 11.7% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.6% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.3% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.9% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.8% | 12.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.1% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 11% | 13.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 9.2% | 10.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 11.4% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.1% | 8.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 28.7% | 32.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 21.6% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.6% | 9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 18.4% | 19.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 15.6% | 12.2% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
6 within 15 miles of the center of Tipp City
About 4 of every 100 Tipp City residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
3 places in Tipp City on the National Register of Historic Places.
4 notable people were born in Tipp City.
City in Ohio, United States
Tipp City is a city in southern Miami County, Ohio, United States. The population was 10,274 at the 2020 census. Founded in 1840 as Tippecanoe City, it was renamed in 1938 because another town in Ohio was likewise named Tippecanoe. The city lies in the Miami Valley 15 miles (24 km) north of Dayton and sits along Interstate 75 near the Interstate 70 interchange. Tipp City is part of the Dayton metropolitan area.
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3 towns share a border with Tipp City.
At #31 in OH, it grades higher overall than all 3 graded towns on its borders; Monroe Township (A) comes closest.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tipp City | #31 | A+ | B− | A− | A | B+ |
| Monroe Township | #67 | A | B− | — | A | B+ |
| Bethel Township | #222 | A− | C+ | — | A− | B |
| Staunton Township | #349 | B+ | C+ | — | A | B |
Monroe Township, Bethel Township and Staunton Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Tipp City with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. Tipp City grades A+ overall, better than 98% of U.S. towns and #31 of 987 in Ohio. It grades B+ for health, A− for safety and A for schools.
That is 4.8 years of the area's median household income ($71,739 across the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.
4 notable people were born here, including Steven Reineke and John Potts.
