Eaton vs Lake Lakengren

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

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

Eaton has the higher population (8,353 vs 3,404 in Lake Lakengren). Lake Lakengren has the higher median household income ($89,295 vs $51,731 in Eaton). Lake Lakengren has the higher median home value ($181,000 vs $134,700 in Eaton).

Population, income & housing

	Eaton	Lake Lakengren
Population	8,353	3,404
Median age	42.2 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$51,731	$89,295
Median home value	$134,700	$181,000
Median gross rent	$769	$1,833
Housing units	3,972	1,607
Homeownership rate	66.7%	92.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	25.3%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eaton	Lake Lakengren
Population	8,183 → 8,353 (+2.1%)	3,405 → 3,404 (-0.0%)
Median household income	$45,894 → $51,731 (+12.7%)	$74,133 → $89,295 (+20.5%)
Median home value	$98,200 → $134,700 (+37.2%)	$127,400 → $181,000 (+42.1%)
Median gross rent	$645 → $769 (+19.2%)	$2,060 → $1,833 (-11.0%)

Eaton

Population

8,1838,353

Median household income

$45,894$51,731

Median home value

$98,200$134,700

Median gross rent

$645$769

Lake Lakengren

Population

3,4053,404

Median household income

$74,133$89,295

Median home value

$127,400$181,000

Median gross rent

$2,060$1,833

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eaton	Lake Lakengren
Under 5	3.8%	7.1%
5 to 17	18.7%	14.3%
18 to 24	7.2%	5.2%
25 to 34	10.4%	11.1%
35 to 44	13.7%	10.8%
45 to 54	9.1%	19.9%
55 to 64	15.8%	13.1%
65 to 74	12.0%	13.0%
75 and over	9.2%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eaton	Lake Lakengren
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	97.0%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.4%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eaton	Lake Lakengren
No high school diploma	6.8%	4.7%
High school graduate	42.9%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eaton	Lake Lakengren
Drove alone	82.9%	91.9%
Carpooled	9.9%	2.6%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	5.2%
Other means	0.5%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eaton	Lake Lakengren
1-unit, detached	74.3%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Eaton	Lake Lakengren
Poverty rate	12.9%	4.0%
Average household size	2.15	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	21	31
Median year structure built	1976	1993