Meadow Valley vs Plumas Eureka

A side-by-side comparison of Meadow Valley and Plumas Eureka: population, income, housing, and more.

Meadow Valley and Plumas Eureka are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Meadow Valley has the higher population (469 vs 412 in Plumas Eureka). Plumas Eureka has the higher median household income ($88,750 vs $63,074 in Meadow Valley). Plumas Eureka has the higher median home value ($503,200 vs $280,200 in Meadow Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Meadow Valley	Plumas Eureka
Population	469	412
Median age	63.0 yrs	67.5 yrs
Median household income	$63,074	$88,750
Median home value	$280,200	$503,200
Median gross rent	—	$1,563
Housing units	367	555
Homeownership rate	80.7%	89.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.2%	40.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meadow Valley	Plumas Eureka
Population	420 → 469 (+11.7%)	364 → 412 (+13.2%)
Median household income	$70,625 → $63,074 (-10.7%)	$80,000 → $88,750 (+10.9%)
Median home value	$239,700 → $280,200 (+16.9%)	$339,000 → $503,200 (+48.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,163 → $1,563 (+34.4%)

Meadow Valley

Population

420469

Median household income

$70,625$63,074

Median home value

$239,700$280,200

Plumas Eureka

Population

364412

Median household income

$80,000$88,750

Median home value

$339,000$503,200

Median gross rent

$1,163$1,563

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Meadow Valley	Plumas Eureka
Under 5	15.4%	6.1%
5 to 17	8.3%	13.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	6.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	13.0%	7.8%
45 to 54	0.0%	3.9%
55 to 64	17.1%	11.4%
65 to 74	24.5%	51.2%
75 and over	15.8%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Meadow Valley	Plumas Eureka
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	92.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	5.3%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Meadow Valley	Plumas Eureka
No high school diploma	0.0%	1.5%
High school graduate	28.8%	20.5%
Some college or associate's	55.0%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	37.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.5%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Meadow Valley	Plumas Eureka
Drove alone	55.8%	52.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	31.9%	38.7%
Other means	0.0%	4.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Meadow Valley	Plumas Eureka
1-unit, detached	90.5%	91.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	9.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Meadow Valley	Plumas Eureka
Poverty rate	3.8%	6.8%
Average household size	2.44	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	—	16
Median year structure built	1976	1985