The Eatonville City population is approximately 3,500 people, all of which live in single-family dwellings. The majority of the buildings in this town are one-story masonry vernacular structures, built after 1960. Eatonville does have some multi-family residential developments, but these tend to be small apartment buildings and duplexes. Only one major multiple dwelling development can be found in the city, and it is Oak Park Apartments.
The first public school in the city was located on a 36-acre tract of land outside of the western town limits. However, the school grew slowly. Despite being the only school in town, it took ten years before it became the only one. In 1896, the town's mayor, Russell Calhoun, sought donations for the new school, and in 1907, a wealthy man named Edward C. Hungerford donated 160 acres of land adjacent to Eatonville. Originally from Chester, Connecticut, Hungerford owned a winter home in Maitland.
The population of Eatonville is primarily white, but there is a small population of black people. It is one of the oldest black-incorporated towns in the United States. During that time, it also became the birthplace of internationally acclaimed African American novelist and anthropologist ZoraNeale Hurston. Despite its white population, Eatonville's black population was significantly lower than that of the surrounding area. The community also produced several patents between 2008 and 2022.