Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town has 2,626 residents and lies in Pennsylvania.
Cost of living is where it shines — a typical home costs about $288K, 3.4 years of the Gettysburg metro’s $84K median household income. The trade-off is walkability. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 72% of U.S. towns. Overall, that makes a B, good for 631st of 1032 in Pennsylvania. That leaves it better than 56% of U.S. towns. 14% of the land in Butler Township is conserved, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 8.2% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. The biggest park or preserve is State Game Lands Number 249, at 217 acres. 15% of residents live below the poverty line in Butler Township, against 7.6% in Pennsylvania’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns.
Figures: home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · USGS PAD-US · OpenStreetMap.
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 Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Butler Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 2,678 in 2000, 2,552 in 2020. The archive holds 15 old photos and papers going back to 1880 and 6 maps from 1908 on.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Butler Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw17 mi LandmarkRaven Rock Mountain Complex
19 mi National MonumentCarlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument
39 mi Theme parkHersheypark3.0M visitors a year
8 mi Ancient siteGettysburg Battlefield
7 mi LandmarkGettysburg National Cemetery
5 mi National Military ParkGettysburg National Military Park730K visitors a yearRaven Rock Mountain Complex: US Government, Public domain · Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Hersheypark: Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Gettysburg Battlefield: Veggies, Public domain · Gettysburg National Cemetery: Photo: Henryhartley at en.wikipedia Statue: Randolph Rogers (1825-1892), Public domain · Gettysburg National Military Park: David Dugan, CC BY-SA 3.0
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.
Flood insurance has paid out on 5 claims in Butler Township since 1978. On expected storm and flood damage, Butler Township sits below just over four fifths of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects in the town, 60% come from inland flooding and 15% from hurricanes.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Upper Adams SD runs its public schools. Its one school is below. Butler Township’s only public school teaches 421 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biglerville El SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–3 | Grades K–3 | 421 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Commuting out is the norm in Butler Township: 5% of working residents work locally. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs locally rose by 58, to 622. The median commute is under 16 miles. The top destinations are Gettysburg (9%), Straban Township (7%) and Hanover (4%).
| Butler Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 15% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $89,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.3% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 22° and about 27 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Trails total 3.0 miles in 2 parks and preserves. Butler Township’s concentration of trails is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Oakside Community Park | 1.3 mi | 93 |
| 2. State Game Lands Number 249 | — | 217 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Against the 10,027 U.S. towns with household incomes like Butler Township’s, it is less healthy than 79%, so it trails even them.
Among adults in Butler Township, 15% report frequent physical distress. Two figures for adults locally: 38% have obesity, 39% sleep under 7 hours.
| Butler Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 35% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 38% | 36% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Butler Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 8.6% | 5.8% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.1% | 7.7% |
| More smokers | 18.2% | 15.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
2 within 15 miles of the center of Butler Township
About 3 of every 100 Butler Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Butler Township is a township in Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,552 at the 2020 census.
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6 towns share a border with Butler Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butler Township | #631 | B | B+ | — | B | C+ |
| Tyrone Township | — | — | B+ | — | B+ | B− |
| Franklin Township | #545 | B | B | — | B+ | C+ |
| Menallen Township | #781 | C+ | B | — | B | C |
| Straban Township | #247 | A | B | — | B+ | B |
| Arendtsville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cumberland Township | #134 | A | B | A | B+ | B+ |
Tyrone Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Butler Township, Tyrone Township, Franklin Township, Menallen Township and Straban Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Arendtsville isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Butler Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Butler Township grades B overall, better than 56% of U.S. towns and #631 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades C+ for health and B for schools.
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 B+.
