Eaton vs Royerton

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

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

Eaton has the higher population (1,656 vs 327 in Royerton). Royerton has the higher median household income ($130,217 vs $49,076 in Eaton). Royerton has the higher median home value ($110,700 vs $85,600 in Eaton).

Population, income & housing

	Eaton	Royerton
Population	1,656	327
Median age	37.4 yrs	52.3 yrs
Median household income	$49,076	$130,217
Median home value	$85,600	$110,700
Median gross rent	$688	—
Housing units	828	124
Homeownership rate	72.3%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.8%	26.1%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eaton	Royerton
Population	1,870 → 1,656 (-11.4%)	174 → 327 (+87.9%)
Median household income	$42,014 → $49,076 (+16.8%)	—
Median home value	$65,600 → $85,600 (+30.5%)	$156,900 → $110,700 (-29.4%)
Median gross rent	$759 → $688 (-9.4%)	—

Eaton

Population

1,8701,656

Median household income

$42,014$49,076

Median home value

$65,600$85,600

Median gross rent

$759$688

Royerton

Population

174327

Median home value

$156,900$110,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eaton	Royerton
Under 5	6.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	13.6%	13.5%
18 to 24	14.6%	9.2%
25 to 34	12.7%	0.0%
35 to 44	11.5%	6.1%
45 to 54	13.0%	36.1%
55 to 64	11.6%	0.0%
65 to 74	10.6%	31.5%
75 and over	5.9%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eaton	Royerton
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	94.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eaton	Royerton
No high school diploma	10.8%	4.7%
High school graduate	43.5%	19.0%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	50.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eaton	Royerton
Drove alone	86.4%	84.4%
Carpooled	9.6%	15.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eaton	Royerton
1-unit, detached	74.2%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Eaton	Royerton
Poverty rate	11.5%	7.6%
Average household size	2.26	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	28	—
Median year structure built	1958	1961