Work & commute · Eaton

Work & commute in Eaton, IN

Most working residents leave Eaton for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Muncie (28%), Hamilton (8%) and Center (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

34 of 714 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 680 Eaton residents head out of town to work, 34 work right here, and 219 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Eaton.

680live here, work elsewhere

34live and work here

219work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Eaton goes to work

Muncie9.1 mi away

28%202

Hamilton4.3 mi away

8%55

Eaton (in town)right here

5%34

Center56.2 mi away

4%26

Anderson24 mi away

3%23

Center9.5 mi away

3%23

Hartford City8.8 mi away

3%19

Washington51.9 mi away

2%12

Albany6.7 mi away

2%11

Fort Wayne53.8 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%298

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Eaton commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

38%

26%

13%

23%

38%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Eaton is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.35 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Eaton are

253 jobs are based in Eaton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Eaton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Eaton

253 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)53%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Eaton residents hold

714 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+2%

Jobs based in Eaton, 2013 → 2023: 247 → 253. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.