With 5,183 people, Eaton Rapids is a city in Michigan. 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. 1% of locals were born outside the United States. Home values have risen by half since 2000, reaching $155,800. Density works out to 1,427 people per square mile. Renters pay $972 a month at the median.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $63,875, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 41.3
US median: 38.9
Less educated
15% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Eaton Rapids
What changed most since 1990
Median home value (2024 dollars)$115,923 → $155,800(+34%)US over the same years: +67%
Poverty rate8.4% → 13.5%(+5.0 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Median age32.0 → 41.3(+9.3 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
Eaton Rapids's population equals 4.7% of Eaton County's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 1.0% of the county's. Its number of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher equals 2.2% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)7.9%(18)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)20.6%(47)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era19.7%(45)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War18.9%(43)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 228 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Eaton Rapids, decade by decade
Eaton Rapids population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
4,695
$71,296
$115,923
16.4%
10.9
2000
5,330
$72,445
$162,127
16.3%
13.3
2010
5,214
$64,813
$147,885
15.6%
17.8
2020
5,203
$58,459
$139,506
16.4%
27.9
2024
5,183
$63,875
$155,800
15.1%
15.9
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
