With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Eureka works elsewhere
Eureka has 31 jobs for 131 working residents. Hardly any stay in Eureka for work; outside it, Corsicana is the main destination (26%, 12 miles). The average commute takes 26 minutes each way (Texas 27, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Eureka, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 131 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 31 people come in from elsewhere.
About 270 people are in Eureka on a workday afternoon, 27% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The places Eureka commutes to
Where Eureka clocks in
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
A place that makes things: 61% of Eureka’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Eureka, 2013 → 2023: 29 → 31. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Eureka’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 26 minutes each way, about the TX average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Eureka workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 150 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The distance from Eureka to work
About 51% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Eureka: questions
What is the median household income in Eureka?
$81,250 (±$27,474) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Eureka?
13.9%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Eureka?
26 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Eureka work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Corsicana (26%, 12 mi), Dallas (8%, 61 mi), Fort Worth (7%, 82 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Eureka without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Eureka, from the people who make the trip.
More of Eureka
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.