Eureka vs Severy

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

Eureka and Severy 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 185 in Severy). Eureka has the higher median household income ($45,121 vs $34,500 in Severy). Eureka has the higher median home value ($73,100 vs $28,000 in Severy).

Population, income & housing

	Eureka	Severy
Population	2,271	185
Median age	44.4 yrs	55.9 yrs
Median household income	$45,121	$34,500
Median home value	$73,100	$28,000
Median gross rent	$706	$725
Housing units	1,260	168
Homeownership rate	72.5%	94.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	3.7%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eureka	Severy
Population	2,262 → 2,271 (+0.4%)	223 → 185 (-17.0%)
Median household income	$34,038 → $45,121 (+32.6%)	$43,125 → $34,500 (-20.0%)
Median home value	$49,800 → $73,100 (+46.8%)	$28,200 → $28,000 (-0.7%)
Median gross rent	$552 → $706 (+27.9%)	$450 → $725 (+61.1%)

Eureka

Population

2,2622,271

Median household income

$34,038$45,121

Median home value

$49,800$73,100

Median gross rent

$552$706

Severy

Population

223185

Median household income

$43,125$34,500

Median home value

$28,200$28,000

Median gross rent

$450$725

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eureka	Severy
Under 5	6.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.9%	9.7%
18 to 24	3.7%	2.7%
25 to 34	12.3%	2.7%
35 to 44	12.2%	4.9%
45 to 54	9.3%	25.9%
55 to 64	15.6%	16.8%
65 to 74	15.3%	16.2%
75 and over	8.3%	21.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eureka	Severy
White (non-Hispanic)	89.0%	93.5%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	1.1%
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%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eureka	Severy
No high school diploma	9.6%	6.2%
High school graduate	38.0%	55.6%
Some college or associate's	41.0%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	1.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eureka	Severy
Drove alone	79.0%	80.5%
Carpooled	9.3%	18.3%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	1.2%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	0.0%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eureka	Severy
1-unit, detached	84.4%	81.5%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	18.5%

Poverty & households

	Eureka	Severy
Poverty rate	26.5%	13.5%
Average household size	2.33	1.57
Mean commute (minutes)	18	42
Median year structure built	1954	1940