Eureka vs Westphalia

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

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

Westphalia has the higher population (890 vs 91 in Eureka). Eureka has the higher median household income ($78,500 vs $74,750 in Westphalia). Westphalia has the higher median home value ($225,700 vs $133,900 in Eureka).

Population, income & housing

	Eureka	Westphalia
Population	91	890
Median age	40.7 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$78,500	$74,750
Median home value	$133,900	$225,700
Median gross rent	—	$883
Housing units	38	357
Homeownership rate	92.1%	90.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.9%	33.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eureka	Westphalia
Population	153 → 91 (-40.5%)	989 → 890 (-10.0%)
Median household income	$86,058 → $78,500 (-8.8%)	$59,196 → $74,750 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$122,000 → $133,900 (+9.8%)	$158,600 → $225,700 (+42.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$688 → $883 (+28.3%)

Eureka

Population

15391

Median household income

$86,058$78,500

Median home value

$122,000$133,900

Westphalia

Population

989890

Median household income

$59,196$74,750

Median home value

$158,600$225,700

Median gross rent

$688$883

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eureka	Westphalia
Under 5	0.0%	9.4%
5 to 17	6.6%	17.0%
18 to 24	15.4%	9.4%
25 to 34	23.1%	13.9%
35 to 44	11.0%	6.2%
45 to 54	8.8%	8.5%
55 to 64	30.8%	10.6%
65 to 74	0.0%	10.6%
75 and over	4.4%	14.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eureka	Westphalia
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	94.5%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.6%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eureka	Westphalia
No high school diploma	5.6%	3.9%
High school graduate	47.9%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	22.5%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	14.1%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eureka	Westphalia
Drove alone	71.7%	66.1%
Carpooled	16.7%	8.5%
Public transit	1.7%	0.0%
Walked	10.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	0.0%	22.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eureka	Westphalia
1-unit, detached	100.0%	95.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Eureka	Westphalia
Poverty rate	18.7%	3.5%
Average household size	2.16	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	22	27
Median year structure built	1948	1967