Eureka vs Roanoke

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

Eureka and Roanoke 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 1,987 in Roanoke). Roanoke has the higher median household income ($74,141 vs $55,172 in Eureka). Eureka has the higher median home value ($154,600 vs $139,800 in Roanoke).

Population, income & housing

	Eureka	Roanoke
Population	5,095	1,987
Median age	40.7 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$55,172	$74,141
Median home value	$154,600	$139,800
Median gross rent	$680	$1,024
Housing units	2,305	793
Homeownership rate	66.6%	79.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.9%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eureka	Roanoke
Population	5,731 → 5,095 (-11.1%)	1,998 → 1,987 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$57,873 → $55,172 (-4.7%)	$59,605 → $74,141 (+24.4%)
Median home value	$140,000 → $154,600 (+10.4%)	$121,600 → $139,800 (+15.0%)
Median gross rent	$599 → $680 (+13.5%)	$721 → $1,024 (+42.0%)

Eureka

Population

5,7315,095

Median household income

$57,873$55,172

Median home value

$140,000$154,600

Median gross rent

$599$680

Roanoke

Population

1,9981,987

Median household income

$59,605$74,141

Median home value

$121,600$139,800

Median gross rent

$721$1,024

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eureka	Roanoke
Under 5	5.3%	7.5%
5 to 17	13.3%	17.0%
18 to 24	17.3%	9.3%
25 to 34	7.3%	12.1%
35 to 44	10.3%	9.2%
45 to 54	8.7%	11.0%
55 to 64	14.7%	10.7%
65 to 74	9.7%	14.4%
75 and over	13.5%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eureka	Roanoke
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	88.1%
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%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	10.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eureka	Roanoke
No high school diploma	3.7%	5.7%
High school graduate	26.3%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.0%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eureka	Roanoke
Drove alone	80.0%	81.1%
Carpooled	8.1%	7.9%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	8.9%	7.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eureka	Roanoke
1-unit, detached	63.6%	88.7%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	1.4%
20 or more units	7.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Eureka	Roanoke
Poverty rate	13.9%	6.9%
Average household size	2.11	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	28	22
Median year structure built	1970	1961