Butler County, Ohio

Butler County has a population of 392,876 and has grown 2.5% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $258,500, about 3.2 times the county's median household income of $81,590.

Home price
$258,500
Income
$81,590
Population
392,876
Unemployment
5.1%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$258,500county
Median gross rent$1,135county
Median year homes here were built1979county
Share of homes built before 198051.5%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile2.3%county
Share of homes that are vacant5.5%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented30.1%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use0.4%county
Typical monthly rent$1,599county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,353county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,051county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,785county
Home insurance / yr$2,118(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living94.3(statewide)
Median household income$81,590county
Family health premium / yr$22,618(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$17,071(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.907(statewide)
Poverty rate11.8%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home13.3%county
Unemployment rate5.1%county
Share of adults in the labor force63.9%county
Share of workers who are self-employed4.4%county
Share of workers employed by government11.4%county
Share of workers in the largest industry22.4%county
Economic output per resident$75,958county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate1.22%county
Top state income tax2.75%(statewide)
Capital gains tax2.75%(statewide)
Combined sales tax7.29%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time24.3 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service27 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport4500414county
Miles to nearest general aviation field3.5 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here3county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station21 micounty
Households without a vehicle4.7%county
Traffic deaths19.6county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-4.4(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher32.8%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher91.2%county
Public schools in the county88county
Public school enrollment58943county
Students per full-time teacher19.0county
Free lunch eligible42.1%county
Elementary schools51county
Middle schools17county
High schools18county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above3county
Share of local colleges that are public100.0%county
Two-year institutions1county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution4.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians52county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county5county
Hospitals here with an emergency department4county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3county
Fine particulate matter10.4 µgcounty
Without health insurance6.2%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year13.5%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year10.5%county
Frequent mental distress19.8%county
No leisure-time physical activity25.8%county
Diagnosed diabetes12.9%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population392,876county
Land area in square miles467county
People per square mile of land842.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores58county
Convenience stores53county
Share living far from a food store29.7%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract11.7%county
Population change since 2020+2.5%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents1county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents4county
Median age37.2 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1823.4%county
Share of residents 65 and over15.9%county
Share of households that are one person27.4%county
Share of residents born outside the United States8.0%county
Second languages10.7%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls42.5%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents85county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents0county
Households that moved in9,725county
Households that moved away9,912county
Average income of arriving households$60,862county
Average income of departing households$59,417county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes7county
Housing units authorised in the latest year1,021county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings45.0%county
Violent crime rate294(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature54°Fcounty
Annual precipitation43.1 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.03 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F26 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing113 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 6bcounty
Frost-free days184 dayscounty
Average last spring frostApr 20county
Average first fall frostOct 20county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$137county
Electric utilities serving this county4county
Electricity price per kWh15.4¢county
Household electricity use902 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$23.46(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity39.8%county
Homes heated by utility gas52.0%county
Homes heated by propane2.9%county
Homes heated by fuel oil3.4%county
Homes heated by wood0.6%county
Households with broadband92.2%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk93.0county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk46.0county
Landslide risk76.2county
Hail risk80.8county
Earthquake risk85.3county
Tornado risk98.0county
Tropical cyclone risk27.7county
Extreme heat risk81.7county
Winter weather risk90.3county
Strong wind risk94.3county
Wildfire risk41.2county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams1county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Butler County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Ohio figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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