EurekaWI
A town of 1,756. 77% more nonprofits per person than the typical Wisconsin town.
Is Eureka a good place to live?
The best of Eureka’s subject grades is an A+ for civic life; the weakest is a D for walkability. Eureka’s average trip to work is 32 minutes, above both the Wisconsin town median (22 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Only 39 of Wisconsin’s 869 towns score higher on civic life. The biggest park or preserve is Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway, at 548 acres. On the outdoors, just 78 of Wisconsin’s 879 towns do worse. Eureka has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Eureka stand out
Where Eureka beats most towns.
Community nonprofits per 1,000 residents
97% of working residents leave Eureka for work
Where Eureka’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Eureka grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Wisconsin), ordered by how far Eureka is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Eureka: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Eureka, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Eureka.
Cold waves leads a low hazard risk in Eureka
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 80% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Eureka’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Eureka for work: only 3% work in town. Jobs based in Eureka grew to 212 in 2023, 142 more than in 2013. 5% of Eureka residents live below the poverty line, where Wisconsin’s towns sit at 6.4% and U.S. towns at 9.6%.
| Eureka | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 3% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 5% | 6.4% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 14% | 12% | 11% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Eureka has snowy winters and pleasant summers
Eureka has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. The July high in Eureka is 81°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Eureka has set aside 4.5% of its land for conservation
0.3 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway | — | 548 |
| 2. Governor Knowles State Forest | — | 241 |
| 3. Wild River State Park | — | 10 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Residents of Eureka are less healthy than 50% of U.S. towns
Eureka beats the Wisconsin average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 7. 28% of Eureka adults sleep under 7 hours.
| Eureka | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 32% | 36% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 11% | 12% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 33% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 20% | 16% |
| What stands out | Eureka | WI |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 80.7% | 77.8% |
| More adults with COPD | 8% | 6.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Homes in Eureka sell for about $275K
94% of households own their home in Eureka.
| Eureka | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 94% | 74% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,021 a month | $1,078 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Lower Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway and 6 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Eureka. Close and well known come first.
8 mi National park siteLower Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway799K visitors a year
11 mi MuseumFranconia Sculpture Park40 mi MuseumGolden Wings Flying Museum
33 mi MuseumWashington County Historical Society, Minnesota
34 mi AttractionStillwater Overlook4 mi National park siteSaint Croix National Scenic Riverway852K visitors a yearPhoto credits
Lower Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway: Bobak Ha'Eri, CC BY 3.0 · Franconia Sculpture Park: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Washington County Historical Society, Minnesota: Heritage Preservation Department - MNHS, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Stillwater Overlook: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 3.0
Everything we know about Eureka
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Eureka
About 2 of every 100 Eureka residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Wisconsin.
Eureka’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Eureka.
| Town | WI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eureka | — | — | C+ | — | B+ | B− |
| Milltown | — | — | B− | — | C+ | C+ |
| Laketown | — | — | A− | — | C− | B− |
| St. Croix Falls | — | — | C+ | — | B+ | B− |
| Sterling | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Eureka, Milltown, Laketown and St. Croix Falls have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Eureka, Milltown, Laketown and St. Croix Falls report no FBI crime data of their own. Sterling isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Eureka with a neighbor →
Questions about Eureka
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Eureka, WI a good place to live?
77% more nonprofits per person than the typical Wisconsin town.
Is Eureka, WI expensive?
The typical home is worth about $300,000, 11% below the Wisconsin typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.