Eaton, Colorado

Eaton population, 2020 to 2024

Eaton lost 12 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.2%. In the latest year it moved by +3. Among 79 Colorado places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 56th; the median place changed by +3.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Colorado has 14,061 people, so Eaton is 42% of it.

Eaton covers 3.16 square miles of land, for 1,848 people per square mile of land. The median Colorado place of 5,000+ has 1,848, so Eaton is close to the typical town.

What county Eaton is in

All of Eaton's residents live in Weld County, which had 369,745 residents in 2024. Eaton holds 1.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Eaton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Eaton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 80615. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Eaton is

The Census internal point of Eaton is at 40.525700, -104.713000. Denver, the capital, is 56.2 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Severance, CO (11,554 people), 8.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Greeley, CO, 8.2 miles away.

Daylight in Eaton

At 40.53° N, Eaton gets about 15 h 04 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 16 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 48 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Eaton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Colorado, measured between internal points. The closest is Ault, 4.6 miles away, with 2,660 people.