Paton is a city in Greene County, Iowa, United States.

[4] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.56 square miles (1.45 km2), all land.

[5] As of the census of 2020,[7] there were 221 people, 93 households, and 60 families residing in the city.

There were 108 housing units at an average density of 192.2 per square mile (74.2/km2).

Hispanic or Latino persons of any race comprised 1.4% of the population.

There were 120 housing units at an average density of 214.3 per square mile (82.7/km2).

There were 126 housing units at an average density of 222.7 per square mile (86.0/km2).

About 4.5% of families and 7.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.6% of those under the age of eighteen and 3.6% of those sixty five or over.

[11] Loren Shriver is a 1962 graduate of Paton High School and was a Space Shuttle astronaut.