Overview Eaton is a very small town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 1,590 people and just one neighborhood, Eaton is the 272nd largest community in Indiana. Eaton has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country. Occupations and Workforce Eaton is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Eaton is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Eaton who work in sales jobs (11.04%), office and administrative support (10.32%), and healthcare suport services (8.98%). Setting & Lifestyle It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Eaton has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Eaton has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Eaton than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Eaton may be for you. Eaton is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day. Eaton Demographics The citizens of Eaton have a very low rate of college education: just 8.80% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities. The per capita income in Eaton in 2022 was $28,765, which is middle income relative to Indiana, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $115,060 for a family of four. However, Eaton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Eaton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Eaton residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Eaton include English, German, Irish, European, and Scandinavian. The most common language spoken in Eaton is English. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish and Italian.