Cities / California / Eureka

Eureka, CA

26,519 people

Right Now

Air Quality (PM10, Eureka)

Good

Nearest reporting area, 0.0 mi away. Preliminary and may be revised. Source: EPA AirNow.

Active Weather Alerts

Nearest Major Airport

SMF

200 mi — Sacramento International Airport

Population & People

Population

26,519

Median age

39.1

Median household income

$57,662

Poverty rate

18.1%

Unemployment rate

10.2%

Bachelor's degree+

29.0%

Avg. commute

14 min

Hispanic or Latino

15.9%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

Housing & Rent

Median home value

$404,500

Median gross rent

$1,195/mo

Homeownership rate

47.78%

HUD FMR — 2 bedroom

$2,070

HUD Fair Market Rent (California statewide average across 58 areas — not specific to Eureka), 2026. Efficiency $1526, 1BR $1661, 2BR $2070, 3BR $2775, 4BR $3190. This is a different official figure from Census median gross rent above.

Energy

California gasoline midgrade

$5.81

California commercial electricity

26.36¢/kWh

California industrial electricity

21.62¢/kWh

California residential electricity

32.54¢/kWh

Economy

Gross Domestic Product: All Industry Total

4250840.8

Real Gross Domestic Product: All Industry Total

3388904.8

All-Transactions House Price Index for California

974.97

Unemployment Rate

5.1%

Source: FRED, California-specific series.

Nearby Airports

SMF

Sacramento International Airport

200 mi away

OAK

Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport

237 mi away

SFO

San Francisco International Airport

240 mi away

Sources & Data: National Weather Service (weather, alerts), EPA AirNow (air quality), U.S. Census Bureau (population, housing), HUD (Fair Market Rent), U.S. Energy Information Administration (California energy prices), Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (California economic indicators), OurAirports (airport directory).