Eureka vs Jennings

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

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

Jennings has the higher population (12,900 vs 12,371 in Eureka). Eureka has the higher median household income ($108,947 vs $37,356 in Jennings). Eureka has the higher median home value ($352,200 vs $62,300 in Jennings).

Population, income & housing

	Eureka	Jennings
Population	12,371	12,900
Median age	37.5 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$108,947	$37,356
Median home value	$352,200	$62,300
Median gross rent	$1,240	$944
Housing units	4,616	7,221
Homeownership rate	81.1%	43.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.9%	9.9%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eureka	Jennings
Population	10,666 → 12,371 (+16.0%)	14,712 → 12,900 (-12.3%)
Median household income	$111,058 → $108,947 (-1.9%)	$33,425 → $37,356 (+11.8%)
Median home value	$277,800 → $352,200 (+26.8%)	$64,800 → $62,300 (-3.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,106 → $1,240 (+12.1%)	$853 → $944 (+10.7%)

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

Jennings

Population

14,71212,900

Median household income

$33,425$37,356

Median home value

$64,800$62,300

Median gross rent

$853$944

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eureka	Jennings
Under 5	7.3%	5.3%
5 to 17	23.9%	19.7%
18 to 24	4.2%	6.2%
25 to 34	11.2%	14.9%
35 to 44	14.8%	9.3%
45 to 54	13.1%	12.6%
55 to 64	11.9%	15.4%
65 to 74	7.6%	8.4%
75 and over	5.9%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eureka	Jennings
White (non-Hispanic)	86.7%	4.6%
Black or African American	0.4%	91.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	2.2%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.8%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eureka	Jennings
No high school diploma	3.2%	19.4%
High school graduate	15.2%	39.9%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	30.3%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	20.6%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eureka	Jennings
Drove alone	76.4%	65.5%
Carpooled	5.6%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	13.5%
Walked	0.0%	6.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.7%	4.5%
Other means	0.3%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eureka	Jennings
1-unit, detached	81.9%	75.2%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	6.1%
20 or more units	4.6%	9.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Eureka	Jennings
Poverty rate	6.2%	24.1%
Average household size	2.77	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1998	1954