Eureka vs Nephi

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

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

Nephi has the higher population (6,700 vs 941 in Eureka). Nephi has the higher median household income ($97,348 vs $70,938 in Eureka). Nephi has the higher median home value ($379,800 vs $252,800 in Eureka).

Population, income & housing

	Eureka	Nephi
Population	941	6,700
Median age	38.8 yrs	31.8 yrs
Median household income	$70,938	$97,348
Median home value	$252,800	$379,800
Median gross rent	$1,036	$1,010
Housing units	381	2,114
Homeownership rate	96.5%	75.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eureka	Nephi
Population	583 → 941 (+61.4%)	5,969 → 6,700 (+12.2%)
Median household income	$56,094 → $70,938 (+26.5%)	$62,207 → $97,348 (+56.5%)
Median home value	$110,000 → $252,800 (+129.8%)	$215,600 → $379,800 (+76.2%)
Median gross rent	$825 → $1,036 (+25.6%)	$823 → $1,010 (+22.7%)

Eureka

Population

583941

Median household income

$56,094$70,938

Median home value

$110,000$252,800

Median gross rent

$825$1,036

Nephi

Population

5,9696,700

Median household income

$62,207$97,348

Median home value

$215,600$379,800

Median gross rent

$823$1,010

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eureka	Nephi
Under 5	5.7%	6.9%
5 to 17	23.1%	26.0%
18 to 24	11.3%	8.6%
25 to 34	7.8%	13.6%
35 to 44	9.9%	14.7%
45 to 54	8.8%	14.0%
55 to 64	14.0%	7.8%
65 to 74	11.6%	4.7%
75 and over	7.9%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eureka	Nephi
White (non-Hispanic)	87.5%	90.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	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	5.4%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eureka	Nephi
No high school diploma	8.3%	5.3%
High school graduate	36.2%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eureka	Nephi
Drove alone	73.5%	81.7%
Carpooled	10.1%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	13.7%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eureka	Nephi
1-unit, detached	90.0%	86.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Eureka	Nephi
Poverty rate	18.3%	6.1%
Average household size	2.72	3.22
Mean commute (minutes)	45	19
Median year structure built	1946	1981