El Paso vs Eureka

A side-by-side comparison of El Paso and Eureka: population, income, housing, and more.

El Paso and Eureka are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Eureka has the higher population (5,095 vs 2,871 in El Paso). El Paso has the higher median household income ($70,063 vs $55,172 in Eureka). Eureka has the higher median home value ($154,600 vs $149,200 in El Paso).

Population, income & housing

	El Paso	Eureka
Population	2,871	5,095
Median age	38.2 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$70,063	$55,172
Median home value	$149,200	$154,600
Median gross rent	$892	$680
Housing units	1,065	2,305
Homeownership rate	78.3%	66.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	31.9%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	El Paso	Eureka
Population	2,809 → 2,871 (+2.2%)	5,731 → 5,095 (-11.1%)
Median household income	$58,688 → $70,063 (+19.4%)	$57,873 → $55,172 (-4.7%)
Median home value	$122,700 → $149,200 (+21.6%)	$140,000 → $154,600 (+10.4%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $892 (+16.9%)	$599 → $680 (+13.5%)

El Paso

Population

2,8092,871

Median household income

$58,688$70,063

Median home value

$122,700$149,200

Median gross rent

$763$892

Eureka

Population

5,7315,095

Median household income

$57,873$55,172

Median home value

$140,000$154,600

Median gross rent

$599$680

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	El Paso	Eureka
Under 5	3.0%	5.3%
5 to 17	22.4%	13.3%
18 to 24	12.9%	17.3%
25 to 34	9.3%	7.3%
35 to 44	15.8%	10.3%
45 to 54	9.8%	8.7%
55 to 64	11.6%	14.7%
65 to 74	8.8%	9.7%
75 and over	6.4%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	El Paso	Eureka
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	92.1%
Black or African American	2.8%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.9%
Two or more races	1.5%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	El Paso	Eureka
No high school diploma	8.0%	3.7%
High school graduate	31.8%	26.3%
Some college or associate's	38.7%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	9.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	El Paso	Eureka
Drove alone	73.7%	80.0%
Carpooled	11.5%	8.1%
Public transit	1.1%	0.1%
Walked	0.6%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	8.9%
Other means	2.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	El Paso	Eureka
1-unit, detached	78.4%	63.6%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	6.7%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	8.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	8.8%

Poverty & households

	El Paso	Eureka
Poverty rate	10.6%	13.9%
Average household size	2.71	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1950	1970