Eaton vs Severance

A side-by-side comparison of Eaton and Severance: population, income, housing, and more.

Eaton and Severance are places in Colorado. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Severance has the higher population (9,302 vs 5,832 in Eaton). Severance has the higher median household income ($127,257 vs $106,146 in Eaton). Severance has the higher median home value ($493,800 vs $448,800 in Eaton).

Population, income & housing

	Eaton	Severance
Population	5,832	9,302
Median age	39.1 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$106,146	$127,257
Median home value	$448,800	$493,800
Median gross rent	$1,710	$2,108
Housing units	2,367	3,190
Homeownership rate	93.7%	93.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.1%	49.7%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eaton	Severance
Population	5,317 → 5,832 (+9.7%)	4,745 → 9,302 (+96.0%)
Median household income	$80,997 → $106,146 (+31.0%)	$106,141 → $127,257 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$286,200 → $448,800 (+56.8%)	$362,500 → $493,800 (+36.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,077 → $1,710 (+58.8%)	$1,163 → $2,108 (+81.3%)

Eaton

Population

5,3175,832

Median household income

$80,997$106,146

Median home value

$286,200$448,800

Median gross rent

$1,077$1,710

Severance

Population

4,7459,302

Median household income

$106,141$127,257

Median home value

$362,500$493,800

Median gross rent

$1,163$2,108

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eaton	Severance
Under 5	5.6%	10.6%
5 to 17	18.2%	19.5%
18 to 24	6.5%	7.0%
25 to 34	14.2%	14.8%
35 to 44	16.3%	18.7%
45 to 54	12.1%	14.5%
55 to 64	11.6%	7.4%
65 to 74	13.2%	6.3%
75 and over	2.2%	1.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eaton	Severance
White (non-Hispanic)	65.0%	72.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	1.5%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	1.3%
Two or more races	2.1%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	30.6%	19.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eaton	Severance
No high school diploma	7.2%	1.3%
High school graduate	28.9%	13.7%
Some college or associate's	24.9%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	23.6%	34.1%
Graduate or professional degree	15.4%	15.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eaton	Severance
Drove alone	84.9%	67.8%
Carpooled	1.7%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.7%	21.6%
Other means	0.3%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eaton	Severance
1-unit, detached	90.0%	96.6%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Eaton	Severance
Poverty rate	6.4%	3.3%
Average household size	2.63	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	2001	2012