Eureka vs Minonk

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

Eureka and Minonk 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 1,909 in Minonk). Minonk has the higher median household income ($62,000 vs $55,172 in Eureka). Eureka has the higher median home value ($154,600 vs $120,600 in Minonk).

Population, income & housing

	Eureka	Minonk
Population	5,095	1,909
Median age	40.7 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$55,172	$62,000
Median home value	$154,600	$120,600
Median gross rent	$680	$977
Housing units	2,305	896
Homeownership rate	66.6%	69.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.9%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eureka	Minonk
Population	5,731 → 5,095 (-11.1%)	1,979 → 1,909 (-3.5%)
Median household income	$57,873 → $55,172 (-4.7%)	$54,932 → $62,000 (+12.9%)
Median home value	$140,000 → $154,600 (+10.4%)	$105,400 → $120,600 (+14.4%)
Median gross rent	$599 → $680 (+13.5%)	$809 → $977 (+20.8%)

Eureka

Population

5,7315,095

Median household income

$57,873$55,172

Median home value

$140,000$154,600

Median gross rent

$599$680

Minonk

Population

1,9791,909

Median household income

$54,932$62,000

Median home value

$105,400$120,600

Median gross rent

$809$977

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eureka	Minonk
Under 5	5.3%	4.8%
5 to 17	13.3%	19.1%
18 to 24	17.3%	7.8%
25 to 34	7.3%	14.4%
35 to 44	10.3%	5.7%
45 to 54	8.7%	14.5%
55 to 64	14.7%	15.3%
65 to 74	9.7%	13.3%
75 and over	13.5%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eureka	Minonk
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	95.8%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eureka	Minonk
No high school diploma	3.7%	10.0%
High school graduate	26.3%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.0%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eureka	Minonk
Drove alone	80.0%	80.6%
Carpooled	8.1%	7.2%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	8.9%	6.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eureka	Minonk
1-unit, detached	63.6%	83.1%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	4.4%
20 or more units	7.1%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	8.8%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Eureka	Minonk
Poverty rate	13.9%	10.4%
Average household size	2.11	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	1970	1964