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Ross, Ohio.

A community in Butler County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Butler County’s.

Living in Ross, Butler County, Ohio

Ross, in Butler County, had 3,478 people in the 2020 census. 74% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 26% are rented. Unemployment in Butler County was 3.6% in August 2026, and the county had 0.3% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Butler County work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.

People 3,478 in the 2020 census
Household income Too few homes in Ross for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 3.6% Butler County, August 2026; 4.6% a year before
Homes 74% lived in by their owners; 26% rented
  • 1,121households
  • 32%of adults have a degree
  • 27 mintypical commute
  • 15%work from home

What people in Butler County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care22%
  • Manufacturing16%
  • Shops (retail)12%
  • Professional and business services10%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment10%
  • Banks, insurance and property7%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Butler County had 163,638 jobs in 2025, 0.3% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 38° and 21°; warmest in July, 87° and 65° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 38° 21° F M A M J J 87° 65° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 38° and 21°; warmest in July, 87° and 65° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 38° 21° F M A M J J 87° 65° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 38° and lows near 21°; warmest in July, with highs near 87° and lows near 65°. About 45 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Fairfield weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Butler County

  1. Baker Concrete ConstructorsCurtain wall, precast concrete, installation4,591
  2. Miami University-OxfordUniversity or college3,240
  3. Lithko ContractingCommercial building construction3,016
  4. Baker Concrete ConstructionConcrete floor surfacing2,358
  5. Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Middletown WorksBlast furnaces2,296
  6. EverusElectrical construction2,138
  7. Lakota Local SchoolsSchool district1,802FTE
  8. Koch Food Plant APrepared meals, perishable, packaged for individual resale1,585

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 453 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 71,675 people in all across the county; Ross has none of its own. Colleges come from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24) and school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. TornadoesRelatively high
  2. Inland floodingRelatively high
  3. Cold wavesRelatively high
  4. Ice stormsRelatively moderate
  5. Strong windRelatively moderate
  6. LightningRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Ross’ census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Butler County.