Eureka vs Germantown Hills

A side-by-side comparison of Eureka and Germantown Hills: population, income, housing, and more.

Eureka and Germantown Hills 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 3,425 in Germantown Hills). Germantown Hills has the higher median household income ($141,719 vs $55,172 in Eureka). Germantown Hills has the higher median home value ($265,300 vs $154,600 in Eureka).

Population, income & housing

	Eureka	Germantown Hills
Population	5,095	3,425
Median age	40.7 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$55,172	$141,719
Median home value	$154,600	$265,300
Median gross rent	$680	—
Housing units	2,305	1,272
Homeownership rate	66.6%	90.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.9%	56.6%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eureka	Germantown Hills
Population	5,731 → 5,095 (-11.1%)	3,452 → 3,425 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$57,873 → $55,172 (-4.7%)	$112,750 → $141,719 (+25.7%)
Median home value	$140,000 → $154,600 (+10.4%)	$233,900 → $265,300 (+13.4%)
Median gross rent	$599 → $680 (+13.5%)	$889 → $1,065 (+19.8%)

Eureka

Population

5,7315,095

Median household income

$57,873$55,172

Median home value

$140,000$154,600

Median gross rent

$599$680

Germantown Hills

Population

3,4523,425

Median household income

$112,750$141,719

Median home value

$233,900$265,300

Median gross rent

$889$1,065

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eureka	Germantown Hills
Under 5	5.3%	4.9%
5 to 17	13.3%	21.9%
18 to 24	17.3%	3.9%
25 to 34	7.3%	12.1%
35 to 44	10.3%	18.6%
45 to 54	8.7%	16.0%
55 to 64	14.7%	11.9%
65 to 74	9.7%	9.6%
75 and over	13.5%	1.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eureka	Germantown Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	95.9%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eureka	Germantown Hills
No high school diploma	3.7%	3.5%
High school graduate	26.3%	13.3%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	22.0%	36.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	20.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eureka	Germantown Hills
Drove alone	80.0%	70.6%
Carpooled	8.1%	9.2%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	20.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eureka	Germantown Hills
1-unit, detached	63.6%	86.1%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	8.7%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.8%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Eureka	Germantown Hills
Poverty rate	13.9%	7.0%
Average household size	2.11	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	28	21
Median year structure built	1970	2002