Eureka vs Pikeville

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

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

Pikeville has the higher population (747 vs 203 in Eureka). Pikeville has the higher median household income ($61,071 vs $57,917 in Eureka). Pikeville has the higher median home value ($133,400 vs $115,600 in Eureka).

Population, income & housing

	Eureka	Pikeville
Population	203	747
Median age	44.5 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$57,917	$61,071
Median home value	$115,600	$133,400
Median gross rent	$860	$1,019
Housing units	109	388
Homeownership rate	67.8%	64.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.2%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eureka	Pikeville
Population	187 → 203 (+8.6%)	606 → 747 (+23.3%)
Median household income	$40,893 → $57,917 (+41.6%)	$46,964 → $61,071 (+30.0%)
Median home value	$84,400 → $115,600 (+37.0%)	$124,300 → $133,400 (+7.3%)
Median gross rent	$800 → $860 (+7.5%)	$852 → $1,019 (+19.6%)

Eureka

Population

187203

Median household income

$40,893$57,917

Median home value

$84,400$115,600

Median gross rent

$800$860

Pikeville

Population

606747

Median household income

$46,964$61,071

Median home value

$124,300$133,400

Median gross rent

$852$1,019

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eureka	Pikeville
Under 5	3.9%	3.7%
5 to 17	16.3%	18.3%
18 to 24	3.9%	13.5%
25 to 34	10.3%	10.8%
35 to 44	15.8%	10.4%
45 to 54	9.4%	19.8%
55 to 64	13.3%	10.4%
65 to 74	14.3%	6.4%
75 and over	12.8%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eureka	Pikeville
White (non-Hispanic)	66.0%	75.1%
Black or African American	20.2%	19.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	13.8%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eureka	Pikeville
No high school diploma	13.0%	20.8%
High school graduate	25.3%	16.8%
Some college or associate's	45.5%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eureka	Pikeville
Drove alone	80.7%	77.8%
Carpooled	15.9%	19.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	1.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eureka	Pikeville
1-unit, detached	83.5%	65.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.5%	23.5%

Poverty & households

	Eureka	Pikeville
Poverty rate	5.9%	19.4%
Average household size	2.21	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	32	24
Median year structure built	1964	1975