Eatonton is a somewhat small city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 6,579 people and eight associated neighborhoods, Eatonton is the 133rd largest community in Georgia.Eatonton is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Eatonton is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Eatonton who work in office and administrative support (10.67%), sales jobs (10.48%), and teaching (7.81%). Also of interest is that Eatonton has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Eatonton has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Eatonton a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.In terms of college education, Eatonton is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 19.59% of adults 25 and older in Eatonton have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Eatonton in 2022 was $29,061, which is middle income relative to Georgia, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $116,244 for a family of four. However, Eatonton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Eatonton is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Eatonton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Eatonton residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Eatonton include English, Irish, German, European, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Eatonton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
