Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 3.0Eaton has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
The two grades for Eaton are A for jobs and income and C for walkability. 390 jobs are based in Eaton, and 810 of its residents work somewhere. Household incomes here are higher than in 85% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Eaton: the gist
Eaton and Green Bay trade workers both ways
Green Bay is the top workplace for Eaton residents (22%) and also where the most people who work in Eaton come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Eaton makes and builds things
47% of the jobs based in Eaton are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Eaton residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 35%. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Eaton pay little
28% of the jobs based in Eaton pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 33% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. 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; with 810 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Eaton’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Eaton is better than 94% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input (3.6%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 71% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (4.3%) is left out: Eaton’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 could be anywhere from A− to A+.
22% of working residents work in Green Bay
Where Eaton clocks in
22% of workers
8% 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.
Making and building: 47% of jobs based in Eaton
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Eaton, 2013 → 2023: 355 → 390. 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.
A workday in Eaton: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 790 residents head out to work, 20 work right here, and 370 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Eaton on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
Commuting from Eaton: about 25 minutes a trip
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 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 805 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Eaton
About 18% 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.
Getting around Eaton: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Eaton is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.8% across Wisconsin, on an EPA index of 4.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 870 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). 0.5% of Eaton households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Eaton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,760 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300, Eaton comes 214th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
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| 22 | Nashotah WI | 1,298 | $148K | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Maple Bluff WI | 1,305 | $199K | 3.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 43 | Wind Point WI | 1,620 | $143K | 0.4% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 212 | Rochester Township MN | 2,280 | $246K | 1.3% | 3.0% | <1% | A |
| 213 | Webster Township OH | 1,255 | $105K | 0.9% | 0.0% | 2% | A |
| 214 | Eaton WI | 1,706 | $113K | 3.6% | 4.3% | 2% | A |
| 215 | Oronoco MN | 2,043 | $158K | 2.9% | 2.4% | 1% | A |
| 216 | Dalworthington Gardens TX | 2,276 | $139K | 4.2% | 4.1% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Next door to Eaton
The biggest share goes to New Denmark (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Eaton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eaton | – | A | C | 25 min | $113,269 |
| Humboldt | under 3% | A− | C | 26 min | $93,417 |
| New Denmark | 3% | A− | C+ | 23 min | $108,750 |
| Montpelier | under 3% | B+ | C | 22 min | $85,825 |
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?
$113,269 (±$19,953) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Eaton?
3.6%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Eaton?
25 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Eaton work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Green Bay (22%, 10 mi), Denmark (8%, 6 mi), Ashwaubenon (8%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Eaton walkable?
Eaton is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 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 0% 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.