Eaton vs Muncie

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

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

Muncie has the higher population (64,739 vs 1,656 in Eaton). Eaton has the higher median household income ($49,076 vs $43,395 in Muncie). Muncie has the higher median home value ($92,000 vs $85,600 in Eaton).

Population, income & housing

	Eaton	Muncie
Population	1,656	64,739
Median age	37.4 yrs	29.5 yrs
Median household income	$49,076	$43,395
Median home value	$85,600	$92,000
Median gross rent	$688	$867
Housing units	828	30,622
Homeownership rate	72.3%	51.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.8%	25.7%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eaton	Muncie
Population	1,870 → 1,656 (-11.4%)	68,750 → 64,739 (-5.8%)
Median household income	$42,014 → $49,076 (+16.8%)	$33,944 → $43,395 (+27.8%)
Median home value	$65,600 → $85,600 (+30.5%)	$73,500 → $92,000 (+25.2%)
Median gross rent	$759 → $688 (-9.4%)	$722 → $867 (+20.1%)

Eaton

Population

1,8701,656

Median household income

$42,014$49,076

Median home value

$65,600$85,600

Median gross rent

$759$688

Muncie

Population

68,75064,739

Median household income

$33,944$43,395

Median home value

$73,500$92,000

Median gross rent

$722$867

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eaton	Muncie
Under 5	6.6%	4.3%
5 to 17	13.6%	11.4%
18 to 24	14.6%	28.1%
25 to 34	12.7%	12.5%
35 to 44	11.5%	9.4%
45 to 54	13.0%	9.6%
55 to 64	11.6%	10.6%
65 to 74	10.6%	8.4%
75 and over	5.9%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eaton	Muncie
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	78.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	8.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.4%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eaton	Muncie
No high school diploma	10.8%	11.0%
High school graduate	43.5%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eaton	Muncie
Drove alone	86.4%	72.4%
Carpooled	9.6%	12.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.9%
Walked	0.0%	6.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	3.5%	5.8%
Other means	0.5%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eaton	Muncie
1-unit, detached	74.2%	63.5%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	13.3%
20 or more units	0.4%	5.9%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Eaton	Muncie
Poverty rate	11.5%	29.6%
Average household size	2.26	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	28	19
Median year structure built	1958	1962