Emhouse vs Eureka

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

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

Eureka has the higher population (280 vs 141 in Emhouse). Eureka has the higher median household income ($85,795 vs $40,833 in Emhouse). Eureka has the higher median home value ($156,300 vs $83,400 in Emhouse).

Population, income & housing

	Emhouse	Eureka
Population	141	280
Median age	26.1 yrs	55.1 yrs
Median household income	$40,833	$85,795
Median home value	$83,400	$156,300
Median gross rent	$1,156	—
Housing units	87	149
Homeownership rate	89.6%	85.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	10.8%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Emhouse	Eureka
Population	155 → 141 (-9.0%)	323 → 280 (-13.3%)
Median household income	$37,143 → $40,833 (+9.9%)	$47,500 → $85,795 (+80.6%)
Median home value	$77,700 → $83,400 (+7.3%)	$157,300 → $156,300 (-0.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$950 → $938 (-1.3%)

Emhouse

Population

155141

Median household income

$37,143$40,833

Median home value

$77,700$83,400

Eureka

Population

323280

Median household income

$47,500$85,795

Median home value

$157,300$156,300

Median gross rent

$950$938

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Emhouse	Eureka
Under 5	3.5%	1.1%
5 to 17	19.1%	8.9%
18 to 24	27.0%	6.1%
25 to 34	8.5%	8.6%
35 to 44	0.7%	8.2%
45 to 54	6.4%	16.8%
55 to 64	27.0%	26.4%
65 to 74	5.7%	18.9%
75 and over	2.1%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Emhouse	Eureka
White (non-Hispanic)	36.2%	73.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	61.0%	14.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Emhouse	Eureka
No high school diploma	46.5%	12.3%
High school graduate	19.7%	37.4%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Emhouse	Eureka
Drove alone	59.5%	82.1%
Carpooled	13.5%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.0%	9.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Emhouse	Eureka
1-unit, detached	87.4%	76.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
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	12.6%	22.1%

Poverty & households

	Emhouse	Eureka
Poverty rate	4.3%	15.4%
Average household size	2.94	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	31	28
Median year structure built	1994	1988