Eureka vs Walnut Creek

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

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

Walnut Creek has the higher population (1,684 vs 203 in Eureka). Walnut Creek has the higher median household income ($145,417 vs $57,917 in Eureka). Walnut Creek has the higher median home value ($423,800 vs $115,600 in Eureka).

Population, income & housing

	Eureka	Walnut Creek
Population	203	1,684
Median age	44.5 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$57,917	$145,417
Median home value	$115,600	$423,800
Median gross rent	$860	$1,756
Housing units	109	599
Homeownership rate	67.8%	88.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.2%	68.0%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eureka	Walnut Creek
Population	187 → 203 (+8.6%)	994 → 1,684 (+69.4%)
Median household income	$40,893 → $57,917 (+41.6%)	$132,500 → $145,417 (+9.7%)
Median home value	$84,400 → $115,600 (+37.0%)	$373,600 → $423,800 (+13.4%)
Median gross rent	$800 → $860 (+7.5%)	$1,700 → $1,756 (+3.3%)

Eureka

Population

187203

Median household income

$40,893$57,917

Median home value

$84,400$115,600

Median gross rent

$800$860

Walnut Creek

Population

9941,684

Median household income

$132,500$145,417

Median home value

$373,600$423,800

Median gross rent

$1,700$1,756

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eureka	Walnut Creek
Under 5	3.9%	7.2%
5 to 17	16.3%	22.1%
18 to 24	3.9%	4.3%
25 to 34	10.3%	6.7%
35 to 44	15.8%	15.3%
45 to 54	9.4%	12.1%
55 to 64	13.3%	14.2%
65 to 74	14.3%	12.4%
75 and over	12.8%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eureka	Walnut Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	66.0%	93.5%
Black or African American	20.2%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	13.8%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eureka	Walnut Creek
No high school diploma	13.0%	4.3%
High school graduate	25.3%	6.2%
Some college or associate's	45.5%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	38.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	30.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eureka	Walnut Creek
Drove alone	80.7%	75.8%
Carpooled	15.9%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	18.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eureka	Walnut Creek
1-unit, detached	83.5%	99.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Eureka	Walnut Creek
Poverty rate	5.9%	8.1%
Average household size	2.21	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	32	29
Median year structure built	1964	1988