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Eaton, OH

8,339 Population
6.4 square miles 1,297.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.3 ±2.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Preble County: 43.3 ±0.6
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Ohio: 39.7 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,547 ±$2,558 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Preble County: $34,711 ±$1,389
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Ohio: $40,552 ±$167
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$51,467 ±$9,101 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Preble County: $69,223 ±$3,243
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Ohio: $71,389 ±$321
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14.1% ±4.7% (1,140  ±382) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Preble County: 12.6% † 5,084 (±1.7% / ±692)
  • a little higher than the rate in Ohio: 13.3% 1,529,692 (±0.2% / ±18,999)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.2 minutes ±3.3 (79,465  ±14,261) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Preble County: 26.4 469,795 (±1 / ±22,103)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ohio: 23.4 114,422,230 (±0.1 / ±513,925)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,803 ±232 Number of households
  • Preble County: 16,725 ±248
  • Ohio: 4,863,191 ±8,557
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.1 (8,077  ±26) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Preble County: 2.4 40,394 (±0 / ±28)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ohio: 2.4 11,519,651
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.7% ±1.4% (29  ±25) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Preble County: 4.3% † 369 (±1.2% / ±99)
  • about one-third of the rate in Ohio: 5.4% 144,308 (±0.1% / ±3,283)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,974 ±227 Number of housing units
  • Preble County: 18,140 ±47
  • Ohio: 5,292,391 ±464
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$148,200 ±$14,688 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Preble County: $180,900 ±$7,668
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Ohio: $214,800 ±$742
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.3% ±2.2% (524  ±186.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Preble County: 7.5% † 3,047 (±1.4% / ±553)
  • about half the rate in Ohio: 12% 1,396,093 (±0.1% / ±15,825.1)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.9% ±8.6% (5,604  ±561.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Preble County: 92.5% 26,536 (±3.3% / ±939.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Ohio: 91.8% 7,495,699 (±0.3% / ±21,141.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16.3% ±4.4% (981  ±265.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Preble County: 18.5% 5,307 (±1.7% / ±484.5)
  • about half the rate in Ohio: 31.5% 2,570,052 (±0.2% / ±13,133.4)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.4% ±0.4% (29  ±32) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Preble County: 0.6% 241
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Ohio: 5.2% 616,102
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.1% ±2.2% (463  ±144) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Preble County: 7.7% 2,448 (±0.7% / ±222)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 6.6% 605,840 (±0.1% / ±5,765)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
463 Total veterans ±144 418 Male ±130 45 Female ±62

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