EatonWI
A town of 1,706.
Is Eaton a good place to live?
The best of Eaton’s subject grades is an A for incomes; the weakest is a C for walkability. Only 25 of Wisconsin’s 879 towns score higher on hazard risk. 94% of households own their home in Eaton, against 74% in Wisconsin’s towns and 73% across U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is Lilly Lake County Park, at 124 acres. Eaton has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Eaton stand out
Where Eaton beats most towns.
Eaton has grown 13% since 2010
1,508 counted in 2010 and 1,662 in 2020; an estimated 1,706 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Eaton grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Wisconsin), ordered by how far Eaton is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Eaton: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Eaton, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Eaton.
Eaton faces a very low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 97% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
A typical Eaton home is worth about $480K
The typical Eaton home is worth about $480,000, up 6.5% in a year, 42% above the Wisconsin typical home.
Typical home value
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Eaton has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Most working residents leave Eaton for work: only 2% work in town. Eaton’s median household income is $113,000, above both the Wisconsin town median ($87,000) and the median of U.S. towns ($80,000). 3.6% of Eaton residents live below the poverty line.
| Eaton | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $113,000 | $87,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 3.6% | 6.4% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 7.5% | 12% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.5% | 8.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Snowy winters and pleasant summers in Eaton
Eaton has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. The July high in Eaton is 80°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Eaton is healthier than 65% of U.S. towns
Eaton beats the Wisconsin average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 31% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Eaton.
| Eaton | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 32% | 36% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 38% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 20% | 16% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 30% | 33% |
| What stands out | Eaton | WI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had a stroke | 3.1% | 3.4% |
| More adults seeing a dentist | 70.3% | 67.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| Eaton | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 0.1% | 3.8% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Lilly Lake County Park | 0.1 mi | 124 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Lambeau Field and 11 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Eaton. Close and well known come first.
Big draw13 mi Stadium & arenaLambeau Field
12 mi Stadium & arenaResch Center
12 mi MuseumNational Railroad Museum
25 mi MuseumUSS Cobia
10 mi Theme parkBay Beach Amusement Park
23 mi Ancient siteRouse SimmonsPhoto credits
Lambeau Field: JL1Row, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Resch Center: User Royalbroil on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 2.5 · National Railroad Museum: Dual Freq, CC BY 3.0 · USS Cobia: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Bay Beach Amusement Park: Royalbroil, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Rouse Simmons: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain
Everything we know about Eaton
Colleges nearby
4 within 15 miles of the center of Eaton
About 3 of every 100 Eaton residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Wisconsin.
98% of working residents leave Eaton for work
Where Eaton’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Eaton
Town in Wisconsin, United States
Eaton is a town in Brown County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 1,662 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated communities of Coppens Corner, Henrysville, and Poland are located in the town. The unincorporated community of Buckman is also located partially in the town.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 24 sq mi
- Elevation
- 820 ft
- Area code
- 920
Eaton’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Eaton.
| Town | WI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eaton | — | — | B− | — | B | B+ |
| Humboldt | — | — | A− | — | C− | B+ |
| New Denmark | — | — | B | — | B | B |
| Montpelier | — | — | B | — | A− | B |
Eaton, Humboldt, New Denmark and Montpelier have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Eaton, Humboldt, New Denmark and Montpelier report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Eaton with a neighbor →
Questions about Eaton
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Eaton, WI expensive?
That is 6.1 years of the area's median household income ($79,267 across the Green Bay, WI metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.