Photo: FloNight (Sydney Poore) · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Eatonville earn less than in almost any other U.S. town
For jobs and income Eatonville is better than 16% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns (A+). Measured by household income, Eatonville is among the lowest-earning towns in the country. Poverty touches 28.2% of residents (Florida 12.6%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Eatonville and work: the main findings
Eatonville has far more jobs than workers
Eatonville has 3,170 jobs, 3.2 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 4,500 people are in town, 93% more than the 2,300 who live here. Day and night ↓
The jobs in Eatonville pay better than its residents’ jobs
76% of the jobs based in Eatonville pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 53% of the jobs Eatonville residents hold. 100% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Eatonville. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 991 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Eatonville: the grade in detail
Job access by car holds Eatonville’s grade up (ahead of 90% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($32,768, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Eatonville could be anywhere from D to B−.
How a workday changes Eatonville
On a workday 988 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 3,167 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,500 people are in Eatonville on a workday afternoon, 93% more than live here.
3.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
76% of the jobs in Eatonville pay over $3,333 a month
3,170 jobs are based in Eatonville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Eatonville, 2014 → 2024: 2,481 → 3,170. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Eatonville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Eatonville’s workforce comes from
Where Eatonville clocks in
27% of workers
7% 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 daily trip from Eatonville: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Eatonville workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,004 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Eatonville
About 20% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Eatonville is easy on foot, hard by bus
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,062 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 95% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 46% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 66% 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). 12.9% of Eatonville households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Eatonville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Eatonville is 4,227th among 5,328 U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 92 | Atlantis FL | 2,140 | $117K | 3.6% | 3.9% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 94 | Pelican Marsh FL | 2,617 | $143K | 2.7% | 1.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 123 | Old Miakka FL | 1,818 | $137K | 2.0% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,225 | Gainesville NY | 1,972 | $56K | 11.3% | 3.3% | 11% | C− |
| 4,226 | Berkshire VT | 1,605 | $71K | 14.6% | 0.3% | 4% | C− |
| 4,227 | Eatonville FL | 2,333 | $33K | 28.2% | 10.7% | <1% | C− |
| 4,228 | Cambridge NY | 1,815 | $73K | 14.6% | 7.3% | 8% | C− |
| 4,229 | Fairview OK | 2,632 | $55K | 19.0% | 3.6% | 33% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,328 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 Eatonville, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
13% of Eatonville works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Winter Park (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Eatonville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eatonville | – | C− | A+ | 25 min | $32,768 |
| Maitland | 6% | B+ | B | 23 min | $97,150 |
| Fairview Shores | under 2% | B+ | A+ | 27 min | $62,414 |
| Winter Park | 7% | A− | A | 22 min | $105,724 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Eatonville’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Eatonville: questions
What is the median household income in Eatonville?
$32,768 (±$10,305) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Eatonville?
28.2%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Eatonville?
25 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Eatonville work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Orlando (27%, 11 mi), Winter Park (7%, 3 mi), Maitland (6%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Eatonville walkable?
Eatonville is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 14.2 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Eatonville without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. 46% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Eatonville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Eatonville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.