Crestwood vs Eureka

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

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

Eureka has the higher population (12,371 vs 12,298 in Crestwood). Crestwood has the higher median household income ($115,512 vs $108,947 in Eureka). Eureka has the higher median home value ($352,200 vs $291,400 in Crestwood).

Population, income & housing

	Crestwood	Eureka
Population	12,298	12,371
Median age	42.8 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$115,512	$108,947
Median home value	$291,400	$352,200
Median gross rent	$1,048	$1,240
Housing units	5,129	4,616
Homeownership rate	89.1%	81.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.7%	50.9%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crestwood	Eureka
Population	11,865 → 12,298 (+3.6%)	10,666 → 12,371 (+16.0%)
Median household income	$84,714 → $115,512 (+36.4%)	$111,058 → $108,947 (-1.9%)
Median home value	$208,600 → $291,400 (+39.7%)	$277,800 → $352,200 (+26.8%)
Median gross rent	$952 → $1,048 (+10.1%)	$1,106 → $1,240 (+12.1%)

Crestwood

Population

11,86512,298

Median household income

$84,714$115,512

Median home value

$208,600$291,400

Median gross rent

$952$1,048

Eureka

Population

10,66612,371

Median household income

$111,058$108,947

Median home value

$277,800$352,200

Median gross rent

$1,106$1,240

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crestwood	Eureka
Under 5	5.8%	7.3%
5 to 17	14.8%	23.9%
18 to 24	4.3%	4.2%
25 to 34	12.2%	11.2%
35 to 44	15.6%	14.8%
45 to 54	9.9%	13.1%
55 to 64	17.9%	11.9%
65 to 74	10.8%	7.6%
75 and over	8.7%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crestwood	Eureka
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	86.7%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.8%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crestwood	Eureka
No high school diploma	2.2%	3.2%
High school graduate	17.5%	15.2%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	34.1%	30.3%
Graduate or professional degree	22.6%	20.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crestwood	Eureka
Drove alone	72.8%	76.4%
Carpooled	6.8%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.8%	17.7%
Other means	0.4%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crestwood	Eureka
1-unit, detached	89.1%	81.9%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	4.6%
20 or more units	4.1%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Crestwood	Eureka
Poverty rate	4.3%	6.2%
Average household size	2.52	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	21	27
Median year structure built	1960	1998