Eureka vs Trego

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

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

Eureka has the higher population (2,009 vs 856 in Trego). Trego has the higher median household income ($91,667 vs $43,750 in Eureka). Trego has the higher median home value ($300,000 vs $172,300 in Eureka).

Population, income & housing

	Eureka	Trego
Population	2,009	856
Median age	37.7 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$43,750	$91,667
Median home value	$172,300	$300,000
Median gross rent	$1,012	$875
Housing units	694	323
Homeownership rate	78.6%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.4%	30.6%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eureka	Trego
Population	1,645 → 2,009 (+22.1%)	569 → 856 (+50.4%)
Median household income	$32,934 → $43,750 (+32.8%)	$36,458 → $91,667 (+151.4%)
Median home value	$173,400 → $172,300 (-0.6%)	$276,700 → $300,000 (+8.4%)
Median gross rent	$734 → $1,012 (+37.9%)	$792 → $875 (+10.5%)

Eureka

Population

1,6452,009

Median household income

$32,934$43,750

Median home value

$173,400$172,300

Median gross rent

$734$1,012

Trego

Population

569856

Median household income

$36,458$91,667

Median home value

$276,700$300,000

Median gross rent

$792$875

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eureka	Trego
Under 5	7.8%	5.5%
5 to 17	24.5%	27.0%
18 to 24	3.0%	3.9%
25 to 34	12.4%	6.4%
35 to 44	15.9%	20.7%
45 to 54	12.1%	7.5%
55 to 64	8.8%	10.7%
65 to 74	7.4%	14.5%
75 and over	8.2%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eureka	Trego
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	89.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eureka	Trego
No high school diploma	11.5%	7.5%
High school graduate	44.4%	26.1%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.5%	25.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eureka	Trego
Drove alone	51.7%	57.8%
Carpooled	10.9%	19.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	31.3%	13.4%
Other means	2.8%	9.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eureka	Trego
1-unit, detached	57.2%	85.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	35.2%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Eureka	Trego
Poverty rate	29.3%	3.2%
Average household size	3.16	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	18	28
Median year structure built	1976	1994