Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Eaton have lower incomes than those in 84% of U.S. towns
Commuters spend 20 minutes getting to work on average, next to 33 for New York and 26 for the U.S. 10.1% of residents are in poverty, next to 14.0% for New York as a whole. For jobs and income Eaton is better than 24% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns (A−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Eaton in brief
Eaton trades workers with the towns around it
Eaton has about as many jobs (1,243) as working residents (1,408), but they are mostly different people: 1,238 residents leave for work each day while 1,073 people come in. Only 14% of the jobs in Eaton are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Eaton are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 100 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Eaton
Unemployment holds Eaton’s grade up (4.2%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 13% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Eaton could be anywhere from D to B.
In and out of Eaton on a workday
On a workday 1,238 residents head out to work, 170 work right here, and 1,073 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting from Eaton: about 20 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Eaton workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,610 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
10% of working residents work in Hamilton
Where Eaton clocks in
6% of workers
4% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Eaton
1,243 jobs are based in Eaton.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Eaton, 2013 → 2023: 1,373 → 1,243. 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.
The commute from Eaton, by distance
About 24% 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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Eaton
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 21.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 6.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,787 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.8% of Eaton households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Eaton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Eaton places 3,023rd of 3,908 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 3,100 to 5,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | Kings Point NY | 5,710 | $211K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | North Hills NY | 5,481 | $173K | 3.0% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,021 | Minersville PA | 4,423 | $53K | 27.0% | 3.9% | 6% | C− |
| 3,022 | Pittsfield ME | 3,935 | $57K | 15.5% | 4.0% | 22% | C− |
| 3,023 | Eaton NY | 4,391 | $53K | 10.1% | 4.2% | 12% | C− |
| 3,024 | Salem Township PA | 4,174 | $62K | 11.7% | 6.4% | 13% | C− |
| 3,025 | Pupukea HI | 4,679 | $100K | 14.8% | 7.7% | 5% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,908 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 New York.
Work in the towns next to Eaton
The biggest share goes to Madison (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Eaton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eaton | – | C− | A− | 20 min | $53,281 |
| Lebanon | under 3% | D | B− | 24 min | $67,212 |
| Madison | 2% | B | B− | 22 min | $76,895 |
| Nelson | under 3% | B− | C− | 29 min | $82,063 |
| Stockbridge | under 3% | B− | C+ | 26 min | $76,154 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Eaton’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 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?
$53,281 (±$11,411) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Eaton?
10.1%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Eaton?
20 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Eaton work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hamilton (10%, 10 mi), Syracuse (6%, 28 mi), New York City (4%, 177 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Eaton walkable?
Eaton is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 22% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Eaton without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
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.