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Population (year 2000): 7,676. Estimated
population in July 2005: 8,957 (+16.7% change)
Males: 3,737 (48.7%), Females: 3,939 (51.3%)
Zip code:
63025
Median resident age: 34.1 years
Median household income: $74,301 (year 2000)
Median house value: $141,500 (year 2000)
Races in Eureka:
- White Non-Hispanic (96.6%)
- Hispanic (1.2%)
- Two or more races (0.8%)
- Black (0.6%)
- American Indian (0.5%)
Ancestries: German (35.9%), Irish (18.2%),
United States (10.9%), English (9.6%), Italian (6.4%), French
(3.8%).
Land area: 10.1 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Eureka
- High school or higher: 86.7%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 38.6%
- Graduate or professional degree: 12.1%
- Unemployed: 2.3%
- Mean travel time to work: 30.0 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Eureka city
- Never married: 19.3%
- Now married: 70.3%
- Separated: 0.5%
- Widowed: 4.1%
- Divorced: 5.9%
1.6% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +3,041 (+65.6%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Eureka:
- ST LUKES HOSPITAL (about 13 miles; CHESTERFIELD, MO)
- SPIRIT OF ST LOUIS HOSPITAL (about 16 miles; SAINT
CHARLES, MO)
- DES PERES HOSPITAL (about 17 miles; SAINT LOUIS, MO)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Eureka:
- SPIRIT OF ST LOUIS (about 11 miles; ST LOUIS, MO;
ID: SUS)
- LAMBERT-ST LOUIS INTL (about 26 miles; ST LOUIS, MO;
ID: STL)
- ST LOUIS REGIONAL (about 50 miles; ALTON/ST LOUIS,
IL; ID: ALN)
Other public-use airports nearest to Eureka:
- CREVE COEUR (about 18 miles; ST LOUIS, MO; ID: 1H0)
- WASHINGTON MEMORIAL (about 25 miles; WASHINGTON, MO;
ID: MO6)
- ST CLAIR REGIONAL (about 25 miles; ST CLAIR, MO; ID:
K39)
Amtrak station near Eureka:
- 18 miles: KIRKWOOD (110 W. ARGONNE RD.). Services:
ticket office, partially wheelchair accessible, enclosed
waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, free
short-term parking, free long-term parking, taxi stand,
intercity bus service, public transit connection.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Eureka:
- SAINT LOUIS COMMUNITY COLLEGE-MERAMEC (about 18
miles; KIRKWOOD, MO; Full-time enrollment: 7,507)
- MARYVILLE UNIVERSITY OF SAINT LOUIS (about 18 miles;
ST LOUIS, MO; FT enrollment: 2,094)
- JEFFERSON COLLEGE (about 18 miles; HILLSBORO, MO; FT
enrollment: 2,568)
- ST CHARLES COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 20 miles;
ST PETERS, MO; FT enrollment: 3,301)
- WEBSTER UNIVERSITY (about 22 miles; ST LOUIS, MO; FT
enrollment: 8,252)
- LINDENWOOD UNIVERSITY (about 24 miles; ST CHARLES,
MO; FT enrollment: 5,116)
- WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (about 25 miles; ST LOUIS, MO;
FT enrollment: 10,939)
Public high school in Eureka:
- EUREKA SR. HIGH (Students: 1,422; Location:
4525 HWY 109; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Eureka:
- GEGGIE ELEM. (Students: 497; Location: 430
BALD HILL RD; Grades: KG - 05)
- BLEVINS ELEM. (Students: 466; Location: 25 E
NORTH ST; Grades: KG - 05)
- EUREKA ELEM. (Students: 269; Location: 442 W
FOURTH ST; Grades: KG - 05)
Private primary/middle schools in Eureka:
- SACRED HEART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students:
274; Location: 330 E FOURTH; Grades: PK - 8)
- ST MARKS LUTHERAN SCH (Students: 152;
Location: 500 MERAMEC BLVD; Grades: PK - 8)
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