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Eatonville
A snapshot profile, compiled from information provided by the 1990 Census and other sources as noted:

The numbers

Incorporated: 1906

Square miles: 1.5

Population: 1,374

Median household income: $20,463

Median house value: $68,600

Median apartment rent: $279

Parks: 2

Housing units: 534

The people

Pie chart showing ethnic breakdown of population

Median age: 34.4

Enrolled in public school (K-12): 2,032
(Eatonville School District)

Completed four-year college or higher: 10.1 percent

Below poverty level: .05 percent

Home ownership: 63.7 percent

Renters: 36.3 percent

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Saturday, June 5, 1999

In the shadow of Mount Rainier, this town is a friendly place

Slowly but surely, this close-knit community is expanding

Farm museum gives kids personal taste of pioneer life

The economy here really is locally based

Community looks after its own as well as its young

Jon Hahn: Home is where the hangar is at tiny Swanson Field

Things to do while you're here

Scenes of Eatonville

Eatonville historical album

Eatonville by the numbers

Nearby communities:

Dupont

Fort Lewis/Lakewood

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