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Eaton Public
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living together, 14.1% had a female householder with no husband present, 6.3% had a male householder with no wife present, and 27.0% were non-families. 23.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size
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Eaton
Elementary School is a public elementary school located here in Eaton, Indiana. The school is a part of the Delaware Community School Corporation that serves around 275 students in grades kindergarten to 5th grade. Their mascot is the Eaton Norsemen, formerly the Roadrunner. During the school
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In the town, the population was spread out, with 30.6% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 29.8% from 25 to 44, 19.8% from 45 to 64, and 12.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over,
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degree. 9.8% had no degree. 56.0% of Eaton residents were employed, working a mean of 39.7 hours per week. The median gross rent in Eaton was $ 648 and the homeownership rate was 73.6%. 118 housing units were vacant at a density of 31.1 per square mile (12.0/km).
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According to the 2010 census, Eaton has a total area of 3.76 square miles (9.74 km), of which 3.7 square miles (9.58 km) (or 98.4%) is land and 0.06 square miles (0.16 km) (or 1.6%) is water.
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Latchkey program is offered before and after school to provide a safe and fun environment for students. During the summer months, Summer Blast, is offered for the same purposes.
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1522:Cross Roads
1499:communities
1293:County seat
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990:January 31,
839:other races
816:2000 census
790:other races
760:2010 census
733:high school
660:other races
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606:2022 (est.)
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1644:Categories
1582:Smithfield
1453:Washington
899:References
820:As of the
764:As of the
729:healthcare
630:As of the
287:feature ID
191:Population
79:85°21′33″W
76:40°19′19″N
1606:Footnotes
1587:Stockport
1537:Granville
1390:Townships
1360:Daleville
1233:April 20,
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876:Education
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183:Elevation
1597:Wheeling
1577:Shideler
1567:Progress
1481:Royerton
1476:Oakville
1413:Harrison
1408:Hamilton
1403:Delaware
1380:Yorktown
1089:July 16,
843:Hispanic
833:, 0.06%
829:, 0.25%
794:Hispanic
749:graduate
725:disabled
703:veterans
695:divorced
685:and not
664:Hispanic
279:18-20080
251:ZIP code
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139:Township
132:Delaware
1547:Medford
1517:Cammack
1507:Anthony
1486:Windsor
1418:Liberty
1133:June 4,
784:, 0.1%
780:, 0.3%
776:, 0.1%
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721:Indiana
710:English
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683:married
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646:, 0.3%
642:, 0.3%
332:platted
326:History
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290:2396918
120:Indiana
105:Country
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1527:DeSoto
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1423:Monroe
1398:Center
1370:Gaston
1348:Albany
1318:Muncie
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847:Latino
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798:Latino
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668:Latino
632:census
601:−11.6%
556:−10.5%
451:−15.0%
376:Census
317:Muncie
127:County
1497:Other
1471:Cowan
1448:Union
1443:Salem
1438:Perry
1433:Niles
1375:Selma
1365:Eaton
1340:Towns
835:Asian
827:White
786:Asian
774:White
656:Asian
640:White
614:−0.2%
609:1,592
596:1,595
586:12.6%
581:1,805
571:−0.7%
566:1,603
551:1,614
541:13.2%
536:1,804
521:1,594
511:−4.3%
506:1,529
496:10.0%
491:1,598
481:14.1%
476:1,453
461:1,273
446:1,214
436:−8.9%
431:1,428
416:1,567
297:Eaton
256:47338
239:UTC-5
218:UTC-5
199:1,595
148:Union
115:State
1463:CDPs
1310:City
1235:2018
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1185:2018
1160:2012
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1091:2015
1055:ISBN
1013:ISBN
992:2008
950:2022
928:2022
592:2020
577:2010
562:2000
547:1990
532:1980
526:4.3%
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502:1960
487:1950
472:1940
466:4.9%
457:1930
442:1920
427:1910
412:1900
397:1880
385:Note
380:Pop.
285:GNIS
154:Area
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