Alger, Amanda K., Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church · Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY-SA 3.0Eaton has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
The two grades for Eaton are B for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. There are 1,448 jobs in Eaton; 2,721 of its residents have a job. Household incomes here are higher than in 81% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Eaton
Eaton and Greeley trade workers both ways
Greeley is the top workplace for Eaton residents (22%) and also where the most people who work in Eaton come from (19% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Eaton
70% of Eaton residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 52% of the jobs based in Eaton pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 91% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Eaton
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Eaton is better than 64% of U.S. towns, #86 of 159 in Colorado. Household income holds Eaton’s grade up ($106,294, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (4.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Eaton could be anywhere from C+ to A.
22% of working residents work in Greeley
Where Eaton clocks in
22% of workers
9% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The kinds of work in Eaton
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Eaton, 2013 → 2023: 1,218 → 1,448. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Eaton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Eaton, and who commutes in
On a workday 2,464 residents head out to work, 257 work right here, and 1,191 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,600 people are in Eaton on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Time on the road from Eaton: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Eaton workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,678 commuters (the 14% who work from home are left out). Across Colorado: 82% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far Eaton’s workers travel
About 21% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most trips from Eaton start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Eaton is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns, #135 of 159 in Colorado. Both inputs place Eaton near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,113 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.0% of Eaton households have no vehicle (Colorado 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Eaton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Eaton next to U.S. towns of 4,100 to 7,900: 1,411th of 3,432 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Todd Creek CO | 5,379 | $194K | 0.5% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 145 | Mead CO | 7,042 | $125K | 1.4% | 2.3% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 198 | Cherry Hills Village CO | 6,389 | $250K | 2.3% | 4.4% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,409 | Berlin Township NJ | 6,060 | $75K | 10.9% | 4.2% | 6% | B |
| 1,410 | Clinton Township OH | 4,153 | $72K | 19.0% | 2.3% | 1% | B |
| 1,411 | Eaton CO | 5,848 | $106K | 9.6% | 4.5% | 9% | B |
| 1,412 | Pittsboro NC | 5,054 | $82K | 11.7% | 1.1% | 9% | B |
| 1,413 | South Lebanon OH | 6,965 | $105K | 6.4% | 12.1% | 1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,432 | Medina TX | 4,226 | $22K | 53.8% | 10.1% | 4% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Eaton, the top three, the last and three more from Colorado.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Eaton: questions
What is the median household income in Eaton?
$106,294 (±$9,083) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Eaton?
9.6%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Eaton?
25 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Eaton work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greeley (22%, 8 mi), Fort Collins (9%, 19 mi), Denver (6%, 54 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Eaton walkable?
Eaton is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.6 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Eaton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Eaton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Eaton
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.