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West Milton gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $236K, 3.3 years of the Dayton metro’s $72K median household income. It grades B overall, 527th of 987 graded towns in Ohio. The low prices come with trade-offs. Residents are less healthy than 84% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. On the plus side, natural-hazard risk is low. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 81% of U.S. towns. McKinley School is on the National Register of Historic Places. 15% of residents live below the poverty line in West Milton, against 9.1% in Ohio’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns.
Where West Milton beats most towns.
Where West Milton’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 West Milton is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 398 in 1850, 4,697 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1909 and 3 maps from 1905 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around West Milton. Close and well known come first.
17 mi MuseumNational Museum of the United States Air Force1.0M visitors a year17 mi MuseumNational Aviation Hall of Fame300K visitors a year
27 mi LandmarkMadonna of the Trail
15 mi MuseumDayton Art Institute304K visitors a year
18 mi MuseumHuffman Prairie
15 mi National Historical ParkDayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park80K 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 · Madonna of the Trail: W. Guy Finley, Public domain · Dayton Art Institute: Warren LeMay, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Huffman Prairie: Wright Brothers, Public domain · Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park: Chris Light (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in West Milton, 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 West Milton.
20% of adults smoke cigarettes in West Milton. West Milton beats the Ohio average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 9. 17% of adults report frequent physical distress in West Milton.
| West Milton | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 16% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 26% | 23% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| What stands out | West Milton | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 10.8% | 8% |
| More smokers | 19.8% | 15.4% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 19% | 15.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 82% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most working residents leave West Milton for work: only 8% work in town. The average trip to work in West Milton is 28 minutes. Jobs based in West Milton fell to 669 in 2023, 42 fewer than in 2013.
| West Milton | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $63,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
West Milton 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
0.6 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is River Ridge Nature Preserve, at 93 acres.
| West Milton | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 5.7% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. River Ridge Nature Preserve | 0.3 mi | 93 |
| 2. Lowry Complex | 0.1 mi | 59 |
| 3. West Milton City Park | 0.1 mi | 21 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The typical West Milton home is worth about $236,000, up 2.8% in a year, close to the Ohio typical home.
| West Milton | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 71% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $963 a month | $943 a month | $1,185 a month |
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
3 within 15 miles of the center of West Milton
About 5 of every 100 West Milton residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Ohio.
6 notable people were born in West Milton.
Village in Ohio, United States
West Milton is a village in Miami County, Ohio, United States. The population was 4,697 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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2 towns share a border with West Milton.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Milton | #527 | B | A− | — | B+ | C− |
| Union Township | #395 | B+ | A− | — | B+ | C+ |
| Union | #292 | B+ | B | B+ | B+ | C+ |
West Milton and Union Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare West Milton with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. West Milton grades B overall, better than 57% of U.S. towns and #527 of 987 in Ohio. It grades C− for health and B+ for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a C−.
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−.
6 notable people were born here, including Bob Schul and Alberta Kinsey.
