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DeKalb County

Population in July 2007: 2,690. Population change since 2000: -1.3%
 

Males: 1,309  (48.7%)
Females: 1,381  (51.3%)
Median resident age:  30.9 years
Indiana median age:  35.2 years

Zip codes: 46721.


Estimated median household income in 2007: $40,800 (it was $37,250 in 2000)
Butler  $40,800
Indiana:  $47,448

Estimated median house/condo value in 2007: $77,300 (it was $63,900 in 2000)
Butler  $77,300
Indiana:  $122,900

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Races in Butler:

  • White Non-Hispanic (96.6%)
  • Hispanic (2.2%)
  • Other race (1.2%)
  • Two or more races (0.6%)

2008 cost of living index in Butler: 82.2 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: German (21.9%), United States (12.2%), Irish (10.6%), English (7.3%), Italian (2.2%), French (1.7%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 876 feet

Land area: 1.79 square miles.

Population density: 1504 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Butler

  • High school or higher: 72.8%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 6.4%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 2.3%
  • Unemployed: 8.0%
  • Mean travel time to work: 19.5 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Butler city

  • Never married: 22.0%
  • Now married: 57.3%
  • Separated: 1.7%
  • Widowed: 7.5%
  • Divorced: 11.5%

0 residents are foreign born

This city:  0.0%
Indiana:  3.1%



According to our research there were 8 registered sex offenders living in Butler, Indiana in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Butler to the number of sex offenders is 336 to 1.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Butler:  0.8% ($523)
Indiana:  0.9% ($868)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Fort Wayne, IN (30.0 miles , pop. 205,727).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (195.0 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Hamilton, IN (7.9 miles ), St. Joe, IN (8.2 miles ), Edgerton, OH (8.7 miles ), Waterloo, IN (10.3 miles ), Edon, OH (11.3 miles ), Blakeslee, OH (11.7 miles) , Hicksville, OH (12.1 miles ), Auburn, IN (13.4 miles ).

Latitude: 41.43 N, Longitude: 84.87 W


68 people in nursing homes
23 people in homes for the mentally retarded

Area code: 260

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Population change in the 1990s: +107 (+4.1%).


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Most common industries for males:



  • Metal and metal products (29%)
  • Transportation equipment (14%)
  • Plastics and rubber products (7%)
  • Machinery (6%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
  • Chemicals (4%)
  • Repair and maintenance (4%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Transportation equipment (15%)
  • Metal and metal products (10%)
  • Health care (9%)
  • Educational services (9%)
  • Social assistance (8%)
  • Accommodation and food services (6%)
  • Plastics and rubber products (5%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Metal workers and plastic workers (19%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (16%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
  • Material moving workers except laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
  • Assemblers and fabricators (5%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Other production occupations including supervisors (16%)
  • Assemblers and fabricators (9%)
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
  • Cashiers (5%)
  • Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)


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Butler-area historical tornado activity is slightly below Indiana state average. It is 78% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/11/1965, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 27.1 miles away from the Butler city center killed 21 people and injured 293 people.

On 4/11/1965, a category 4 tornado 29.1 miles away from the city center killed 23 people and injured 294 people and caused between $50,000,000 and $500,000,000 in damages.


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Hospitals/medical centers near Butler:
  • DEKALB MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INC (about 12 miles; AUBURN, IN)
  • COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 16 miles; HICKSVILLE, OH)
  • CAMERON MEMORIAL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 19 miles; ANGOLA, IN)

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Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Butler:
  • FORT WAYNE INTERNATIONAL (about 39 miles; FORT WAYNE, IN; ID: FWA)
  • W K KELLOGG (about 66 miles; BATTLE CREEK, MI; ID: BTL)
  • KALAMAZOO/BATTLE CREEK INTERNATIONAL (about 73 miles; KALAMAZOO, MI; ID: AZO)
Other public-use airports nearest to Butler:
  • HARROLD (about 4 miles; BUTLER, IN; ID: B25)
  • WALKER/ROWE WATERLOO (about 7 miles; WATERLOO, IN; ID: 4C2)
  • DE KALB COUNTY (about 16 miles; AUBURN, IN; ID: 07C)

Amtrak station near Butler:
  • 11 miles: WATERLOO (LINCOLN & CENTER STS.). Services: public payphones, free short-term parking, free long-term parking.

Local government website: BUTLER.IN.US

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Butler:
  • INDIANA UNIVERSITY-PURDUE UNIVERSITY-FORT WAYNE (about 29 miles; FT WAYNE, IN; Full-time enrollment: 7,385)
  • SPRING ARBOR UNIVERSITY (about 58 miles; SPRING ARBOR, MI; FT enrollment: 2,266)
  • JACKSON COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 66 miles; JACKSON, MI; FT enrollment: 2,756)
  • KELLOGG COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 68 miles; BATTLE CREEK, MI; FT enrollment: 2,824)
  • WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY (about 77 miles; KALAMAZOO, MI; FT enrollment: 23,132)
  • KALAMAZOO VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 82 miles; KALAMAZOO, MI; FT enrollment: 5,017)
  • INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY (about 83 miles; MARION, IN; FT enrollment: 6,684)
Public elementary/middle schools in Butler:
  • EASTSIDE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCH (Students: 673; Location: 603 E GREEN ST; Grades: 06 - 12)
  • BUTLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 550; Location: 503 E GREEN ST; Grades: KG - 06)
Library in Butler:
  • BUTLER PL (Operating income: $181,121; Location: 340 S BROADWAY; 29,985 books; 791 audio materials; 2,321 video materials; 112 serial subscriptions)

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Court: Butler City - City Court (120 West Main Street).

 

Drinking water stations with addresses in Butler and their reported violations in the past:

BUTLER WATER DEPARTMENT (Population served: 2725, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • 24 regular monitoring violations
PARAGON STEEL PLANT #2 (Population served: 35, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • One routine major monitoring violation

Average household size:
This city:  2.7 people
Indiana:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This city:  71.2%
Whole state:  68.6%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This city:  8.0%
Whole state:  5.3%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.1% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This city:  9.7%
Whole state:  9.5%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This city:  3.3%
Whole state:  4.2%

Butler compared to Indiana state average:

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  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.


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Banks with branches in Butler (2007 data):
  • Knisely Bank: at 200 South Broadway, branch established on 1934-07-18. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $46.4 mil, Deposits: $41.6 mil, local headquarters, positive income, Consumer Lending Specialization, 3 total offices, Holding Company: Knisely Financial Corp.



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Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)

Function Full-time employees Monthly full-time payroll Average yearly full-time wage Part-time employees Monthly part-time payroll
Judicial and Legal 1$1,339$16,0683$3,175
Streets and Highways 2$4,517$27,1020$0
Police - Other 0$0 2$1,426
Other and Unallocable 0$0 1$638
Police Protection - Officers 7$19,457$33,3550$0
Water Supply 2$3,658$21,9480$0
Parks and Recreation 1$1,523$18,2760$0
Sewerage 3$6,573$26,2920$0
Other Government Administration 3$11,477$45,9085$1,165
Financial Administration 1$1,869$22,4280$0
Totals for Government 20$50,413$30,24811$6,403



6.40% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($33,263 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  6.40%
Indiana average:  6.54%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Allen County, IN  1.68% ($39,659 average AGI)
from Noble County, IN  1.05% ($27,912)
from Steuben County, IN  0.88% ($24,546)


6.83% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($32,645 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  6.83%
Indiana average:  6.56%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Allen County, IN  1.91% ($35,052 average AGI)
to Steuben County, IN  0.98% ($30,686)
to Noble County, IN  0.93% ($28,560)


Strongest AM radio stations in Butler:
  • WOWO (1190 AM; 50 kW; FORT WAYNE, IN; Owner: PATHFINDER COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION)
  • WFDF (910 AM; 50 kW; FLINT, MI; Owner: ABC, INC.)
  • WJR (760 AM; 50 kW; DETROIT, MI; Owner: ABC, INC.)
  • WONO (1380 AM; 5 kW; FORT WAYNE, IN; Owner: PATHFINDER COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION)
  • WOAP (1080 AM; 50 kW; OWOSSO, MI)
  • WLW (700 AM; 50 kW; CINCINNATI, OH; Owner: JACOR BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WCHB (1200 AM; 50 kW; TAYLOR, MI; Owner: RADIO ONE OF DETROIT, LLC)
  • WFCV (1090 AM; daytime; 3 kW; FORT WAYNE, IN; Owner: BOTT BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WDFN (1130 AM; 50 kW; DETROIT, MI; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
  • WWJ (950 AM; 50 kW; DETROIT, MI; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WMSH-FM (99 AM; 1 kW; STURGIS, MI; Owner: LAKE CITIES BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WTVB (1590 AM; 5 kW; COLDWATER, MI; Owner: MIDWEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC)
  • WXYT (1270 AM; 50 kW; DETROIT, MI; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING CORP. OF DETROIT)

Strongest FM radio stations in Butler:
  • WFJZ (106.7 FM; HICKSVILLE, OH; Owner: FALLEN TIMBER COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
  • WXTW (102.3 FM; AUBURN, IN; Owner: TRAVIS BROADCASTING, LLC)
  • WLZZ (104.5 FM; MONTPELIER, OH; Owner: LAKE CITIES BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WGBE (90.9 FM; BRYAN, OH; Owner: PUBLIC B/G FOUNDATION OF NW OHIO)
  • WLKI (100.3 FM; ANGOLA, IN; Owner: LAKE CITIES BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WLAB (88.3 FM; FORT WAYNE, IN; Owner: INDIANA DISTTRICT OF THE LUTHERAN CHURCH - MO SYNOD, INC.)
  • WMEE (97.3 FM; FORT WAYNE, IN; Owner: PATHFINDER COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION)
  • WAJI (95.1 FM; FORT WAYNE, IN; Owner: SARKES TARZIAN, INC.)
  • WBCL (90.3 FM; FORT WAYNE, IN; Owner: TAYLOR UNIVERSITY BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WDFM (98.1 FM; DEFIANCE, OH; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • WBTU (93.3 FM; KENDALLVILLE, IN; Owner: ARTISTIC MEDIA PARTNERS, INC.)
  • WBNI-FM (89.1 FM; FORT WAYNE, IN; Owner: PUBLIC BROADCASTING OF NE IN., INC.)
  • WJFX (107.9 FM; NEW HAVEN, IN; Owner: FORT WAYNE RADIO CORP.)
  • WNHT (96.3 FM; CHURUBUSCO, IN; Owner: TRAVIS BROADCASTING, LLC)
  • WBNO-FM (100.9 FM; BRYAN, OH; Owner: IMPACT RADIO, LLC)
  • WFWI (92.3 FM; FORT WAYNE, IN; Owner: PATHFINDER COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION)
  • WEAX (88.3 FM; ANGOLA, IN; Owner: TRI-STATE UNIVERSITY)

TV broadcast stations around Butler:
  • WINM (Channel 63; ANGOLA, IN; Owner: TRI-STATE CHRISTIAN TV, INC.)
  • W07CL (Channel 7; AUBURN, IN; Owner: THE RAYMOND S. AND DOROTHY N. MOORE FOUNDATION, INC.)
  • WANE-TV (Channel 15; FORT WAYNE, IN; Owner: INDIANA BROADCASTING, LLC)
  • WDFM-LP (Channel 19; DEFIANCE, OH; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • WFFT-TV (Channel 55; FORT WAYNE, IN; Owner: QUOROM OF FT. WAYNE LICENSE, LLC)
  • WPTA (Channel 21; FORT WAYNE, IN; Owner: WPTA-TV LICENSE, INC.)
  • WISE-TV (Channel 33; FORT WAYNE, IN; Owner: NVG-FORT WAYNE II, LLC)
  • WFWA (Channel 39; FORT WAYNE, IN; Owner: FORT WAYNE PUBLIC TELEVISION, INC.)
  • W66BD (Channel 53; FORT WAYNE, IN; Owner: TRI-STATE CHRISTIAN TELEVISION)


Fatal accident count (per 100,000 population)




Butler fatal accident list for 2006:
Oct 17, 2006 10:30 AM, Us-6, Cr- 71, Lat: 41.430817, Lon: -84.851536, Vehicles: 3, Persons: 3, Fatalities: 1
Dec 8, 2006 12:02 AM, Cr-24, Cr- 61, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1


Butler fatal accident list for 2000:
Dec 21, 2000 12:04 AM, Federal St, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1


Butler fatal accident list for 1992:
Apr 27, 1992 04:40 AM, 6, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Pedestrians: 1, Fatalities: 1


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