Most of Eaton Estates commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
1% of workers have no commute at all, where Ohio as a whole has 13%. Employers in Eaton Estates report 57 jobs, and 508 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Eaton Estates A; getting around on foot earns it D.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Eaton Estates and work: the main findings
Eaton Estates is a place people come home to
There are 57 jobs based in Eaton Estates, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Eaton Estates has about 730 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Eaton Estates workers work from home
Only 1% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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; with 508 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Eaton Estates gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Eaton Estates is better than 88% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input (2.0%, U.S. 12.5%); household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($78,564, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Eaton Estates’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Eaton Estates could be anywhere from B+ to A.
The daily commute in and out of Eaton Estates
On a workday 508 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 57 people come in from elsewhere.
About 730 people are in Eaton Estates on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
From Eaton Estates, about 23 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Eaton Estates workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 552 commuters (the 1% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% 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.
17% of working residents work in Cleveland
Where Eaton Estates clocks in
17% of workers
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.
The kinds of work in Eaton Estates
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Eaton Estates, 2013 → 2023: 38 → 57. 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 Estates’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Eaton Estates works
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.
The commute in Eaton Estates is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Eaton Estates is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.7% across Ohio.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 560 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). 6.8% of Eaton Estates households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Eaton Estates’ commuters take a bus or train.
Eaton Estates is 229th of 4,312 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 41 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 48 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 55 | Coldstream OH | 1,540 | $232K | 0.6% | 1.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 227 | Ruston WA | 1,052 | $116K | 7.1% | 1.7% | 1% | A |
| 228 | Millerton CA | 1,159 | $207K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A |
| 229 | Eaton Estates OH | 1,184 | $79K | 2.0% | 0.0% | 0% | A |
| 230 | Aurora OR | 1,113 | $108K | 6.1% | 2.1% | 1% | A |
| 231 | Aztalan WI | 1,373 | $105K | 4.8% | 1.4% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Estates, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
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 Estates: questions
What is the median household income in Eaton Estates?
$78,564 (±$13,865) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Eaton Estates?
2.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Eaton Estates?
23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Eaton Estates work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cleveland (17%, 21 mi), Elyria (6%, 7 mi), Eaton Township (4%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Eaton Estates walkable?
Eaton Estates is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Eaton Estates without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Eaton Estates, from the people who make the trip.
More of Eaton Estates
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.