Indiana · Census place 1820080

Eaton, Indiana

Eaton is a town in Delaware County, Indiana with an estimated 1,594 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 240th largest of 299 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,594
#240 of 299 in Indiana
Change since 2020
+0.1%
+1 people
Land area
3.7 sq mi
+ 0.06 sq mi water
Density
427 / sq mi
State median 1,645
Orange pin: Eaton. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Indianapolis.

Eaton population, 2020 to 2024

Eaton added 1 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.1%. In the latest year it moved by +4.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,595. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Eaton covers 3.73 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 427 people per square mile of land. The median Indiana place of 5,000+ has 1,645, so Eaton is less dense than the typical town.

What county Eaton is in

All of Eaton's residents live in Delaware County, which had 112,951 residents in 2024. Eaton holds 1.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Eaton

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Eaton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 47303, 47338. 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 40.326900, -85.357000. Indianapolis, the capital, is 57.3 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Albany, IN (2,291 people), 6.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fishers, IN, 40.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.326900, -85.357000
DMS
40°19'36.84"N 85°21'25.20"W
UTM
16N 639578.1E 4465336.2N
Geohash
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Plus code
86GP8JGV+Q6

Daylight in Eaton

At 40.33° N, Eaton gets about 15 h 03 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 18 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 46 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 Indiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Albany, 6.7 miles away, with 2,291 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Eaton, IN?

1,594 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1 (0.1%) from 1,593 in July 2020.

What county is Eaton in?

Delaware County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Eaton?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 47303, 47338.

How far is Eaton from Indianapolis?

57.3 miles (92.2 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Eaton.

What is the nearest larger city to Eaton?

Albany, IN, with 2,291 residents, 6.7 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.