What is the population of Eatonton city?

Eatonton city has 6,430 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #147 of 675 in Georgia.

What is the median household income in Eatonton city?

Median household income in Eatonton city is $52,989 a year, 32.5% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Eatonton city?

Median gross rent is $881 a month and the median home value is $144,800, so rent absorbs about 20% of median household income.

Is Eatonton city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Eatonton city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Eatonton, GA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Eatonton, Georgia (Eatonton, GA — Census place “Eatonton city”) is 6,430 residents, ranking #147 of 675 places in Georgia. Median household income is $52,989, the median home is worth $144,800 and median gross rent runs $881 a month. Looking for the Eatonton Georgia ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Eatonton, GA: 31024.

Population: 6,430Eatonton city residents
Median household income: $52,989Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $144,800Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $881Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 43.5 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 86.3%Owner-occupied households

Eatonton ZIP codes (Georgia)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Eatonton.

The Eatonton GA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

31024

What the numbers mean in Eatonton city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Eatonton city median would spend about 20% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 16.5% of residents and 86.3% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Eatonton city, GA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Eatonton city is a mid-size town in Georgia, with 6,430 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #147 of 675 ranked by population — larger than 78% of them. The median age here is 43.5 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Eatonton city earn a median of $52,989 a year, 32.5% below the national figure of $78,538 and 8% below the $57,300 median for the 378 Georgia cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 16.5% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Eatonton city is valued at $144,800, 52.3% below the national figure and 24% below the $191,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $881 a month, 37.3% below the national figure, or roughly $10,572 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 20% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 86.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Eatonton city?: Eatonton city has 6,430 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #147 of 675 in Georgia.
What is the median household income in Eatonton city?: Median household income in Eatonton city is $52,989 a year, 32.5% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Eatonton city?: Median gross rent is $881 a month and the median home value is $144,800, so rent absorbs about 20% of median household income.
Is Eatonton city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Eatonton city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Eatonton city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.