What is the population of Eureka town?

Eureka town has 2,009 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #54 of 497 in Montana.

What is the median household income in Eureka town?

Median household income in Eureka town is $43,750 a year, 44.3% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Eureka town?

Median gross rent is $1,012 a month and the median home value is $172,300, so rent absorbs about 27.8% of median household income.

Is Eureka town affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Eureka town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 27.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Eureka, MT population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Eureka, Montana (Eureka, MT — Census place “Eureka town”) is 2,009 residents, ranking #54 of 497 places in Montana. Median household income is $43,750, the median home is worth $172,300 and median gross rent runs $1,012 a month. Looking for the Eureka Montana ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Eureka, MT: 59917.

Population: 2,009Eureka town residents
Median household income: $43,750Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $172,300Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,012Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 37.7 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 78.6%Owner-occupied households

Eureka ZIP codes (Montana)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Eureka.

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

59917

What the numbers mean in Eureka town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Eureka town median would spend about 27.8% 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 3.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 29.3% of residents and 78.6% of households own their home.

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

Eureka town, MT in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Eureka town is a small town in Montana, with 2,009 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #54 of 497 ranked by population — larger than 89% of them. The median age here is 37.7 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Eureka town earn a median of $43,750 a year, 44.3% below the national figure of $78,538 and 31% below the $62,992 median for the 94 Montana cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 29.3% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in Eureka town is valued at $172,300, 43.2% below the national figure and 31% below the $250,900 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,012 a month, 28% below the national figure, or roughly $12,144 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 27.8% 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 3.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 78.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

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

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What is the population of Eureka town?: Eureka town has 2,009 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #54 of 497 in Montana.
What is the median household income in Eureka town?: Median household income in Eureka town is $43,750 a year, 44.3% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Eureka town?: Median gross rent is $1,012 a month and the median home value is $172,300, so rent absorbs about 27.8% of median household income.
Is Eureka town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Eureka town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 27.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Eureka town data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.