Eureka vs Fall River

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

Eureka and Fall River are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Eureka has the higher population (2,271 vs 148 in Fall River). Fall River has the higher median household income ($48,125 vs $45,121 in Eureka). Eureka has the higher median home value ($73,100 vs $42,500 in Fall River).

Population, income & housing

	Eureka	Fall River
Population	2,271	148
Median age	44.4 yrs	54.2 yrs
Median household income	$45,121	$48,125
Median home value	$73,100	$42,500
Median gross rent	$706	$470
Housing units	1,260	102
Homeownership rate	72.5%	75.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eureka	Fall River
Population	2,262 → 2,271 (+0.4%)	111 → 148 (+33.3%)
Median household income	$34,038 → $45,121 (+32.6%)	$39,464 → $48,125 (+21.9%)
Median home value	$49,800 → $73,100 (+46.8%)	$45,800 → $42,500 (-7.2%)
Median gross rent	$552 → $706 (+27.9%)	$383 → $470 (+22.7%)

Eureka

Population

2,2622,271

Median household income

$34,038$45,121

Median home value

$49,800$73,100

Median gross rent

$552$706

Fall River

Population

111148

Median household income

$39,464$48,125

Median home value

$45,800$42,500

Median gross rent

$383$470

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eureka	Fall River
Under 5	6.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.9%	18.9%
18 to 24	3.7%	6.8%
25 to 34	12.3%	6.1%
35 to 44	12.2%	11.5%
45 to 54	9.3%	10.1%
55 to 64	15.6%	29.1%
65 to 74	15.3%	8.1%
75 and over	8.3%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eureka	Fall River
White (non-Hispanic)	89.0%	95.3%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.7%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eureka	Fall River
No high school diploma	9.6%	2.7%
High school graduate	38.0%	60.9%
Some college or associate's	41.0%	23.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eureka	Fall River
Drove alone	79.0%	80.3%
Carpooled	9.3%	14.8%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	4.9%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eureka	Fall River
1-unit, detached	84.4%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	12.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	15.7%

Poverty & households

	Eureka	Fall River
Poverty rate	26.5%	10.1%
Average household size	2.33	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	18	27
Median year structure built	1954	1953