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Navarro County

Population in July 2008: 376. Population change since 2000: +10.6%
 

Males: 199  (52.9%)
Females: 177  (47.1%)

Median resident age:  36.5 years
Texas median age:  32.3 years

Zip codes: 75110.


Estimated median household income in 2007: $62,773 (it was $45,000 in 2000)
Eureka:  $62,773
Texas:  $47,548

Estimated per capita income in 2007: $20,481
Eureka:  $20,481
Texas:  $23,938

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $120,107 (it was $65,400 in 2000)
Eureka:  $120,107
Texas:  $120,900

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $122,550; Detached houses: $137,619; Mobile homes: $44,853

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Races in Eureka:

  • White Non-Hispanic (95.9%)
  • Black (2.4%)
  • American Indian (1.5%)
  • Two or more races (1.5%)

2008 cost of living index in Eureka: 80.5 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: United States (13.2%), Irish (10.0%), German (5.0%), English (2.6%), Czech (1.5%), Norwegian (1.5%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Land area: 2.32 square miles.

Population density: 162 people per square mile 
 
 (very low).

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For population 25 years and over in Eureka

  • High school or higher: 79.9%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 15.4%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 2.6%
  • Unemployed: 4.4%
  • Mean travel time to work: 31.2 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Eureka city

  • Never married: 11.6%
  • Now married: 72.1%
  • Separated: 1.9%
  • Widowed: 2.7%
  • Divorced: 11.6%

0 residents are foreign born

This city:  0.0%
Texas:  13.9%


According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this city in May 2009.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Eureka:  0.7% ($460)
Texas:  1.8% ($1,393)
Eureka satellite photo by USGS

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Mesquite, TX (56.4 miles , pop. 124,523).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Dallas, TX (61.6 miles , pop. 1,188,580).

Nearest cities: Mildred, TX (1.9 miles ), Navarro, TX (2.3 miles) , Powell, TX (2.7 miles) , Angus, TX (2.8 miles ), Mustang, TX (2.9 miles) , Goodlow, TX (2.9 miles ), Kerens, TX (3.0 miles ), Streetman, TX (3.1 miles ).

Latitude: 32.01 N, Longitude: 96.29 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 903

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Population change in the 1990s: +101 (+42.3%).


Most common industries for males (%):



  • Construction (14%)
  • Educational services (13%)
  • Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (9%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
  • Motor vehicle and parts dealers (8%)
  • Public administration (6%)
  • Truck transportation (5%)

Most common industries for females (%):



  • Educational services (21%)
  • Finance and insurance (16%)
  • Public administration (11%)
  • Real estate and rental and leasing (7%)
  • Health care (7%)
  • Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers (6%)
  • Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)

Most common occupations for males (%)



  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (13%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (9%)
  • Farmers and farm managers (8%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)

Most common occupations for females (%)



  • Cooks and food preparation workers (14%)
  • Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (13%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
  • Health technologists and technicians (7%)
  • Financial managers (6%)
  • Cashiers (6%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)



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Average climate in Eureka, Texas

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Eureka-area historical tornado activity is above Texas state average. It is 172% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 5/11/1953, a category 5 (max. wind speeds 261-318 mph) tornado 39.0 miles away from the Eureka city center killed 114 people and injured 597 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.

On 3/10/1973, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 31.8 miles away from the city center killed 6 people and injured 77 people.


Eureka-area historical earthquake activity is significantly below Texas state average. It is 98% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 5/31/1997 at 03:26:41, a magnitude 3.4 (3.4 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 83.1 miles away from Eureka center
On 10/31/2008 at 05:01:54, a magnitude 3.0 (3.0 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 71.4 miles away from the city center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG)

Eureka topographic map

Hospitals/medical centers near Eureka:
  • NAVARRO REGIONAL HOSPITAL (about 11 miles; CORSICANA, TX)
  • EAST TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER - FAIRFIELD (about 20 miles; FAIRFIELD, TX)
  • PARKVIEW REGIONAL HOSPITAL (about 27 miles; MEXIA, TX)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Eureka:
  • NAVARRO COLLEGE (about 11 miles; CORSICANA, TX; Full-time enrollment: 2,842)
  • TRINITY VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 29 miles; ATHENS, TX; FT enrollment: 2,858)
  • TEXAS STATE TECHNICAL COLLEGE-WACO (about 55 miles; WACO, TX; FT enrollment: 3,218)
  • EASTFIELD COLLEGE (about 58 miles; MESQUITE, TX; FT enrollment: 4,457)
  • MOUNTAIN VIEW COLLEGE (about 60 miles; DALLAS, TX; FT enrollment: 3,029)
  • DALLAS BAPTIST UNIVERSITY (about 60 miles; DALLAS, TX; FT enrollment: 2,496)
  • SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY (about 60 miles; DALLAS, TX; FT enrollment: 8,231)

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Cemeteries: Gunn Cemetery (1), Handcock Cemetery (2), Eureka Cemetery (3). Display/hide their locations on the map

 

Average household size:
This city:  2.8 people
Texas:  2.7 people

Percentage of family households:
This city:  82.8%
Whole state:  71.0%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This city:  3.3%
Whole state:  4.4%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.8% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
This city:  6.1%
Whole state:  15.4%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
This city:  2.0%
Whole state:  6.7%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Eureka, TX



Eureka compared to Texas state average:
  • Median household income above state average.
  • Unemployed percentage below state average.
  • Black race population percentage below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Renting percentage significantly below state average.
  • House age significantly below state average.
  • Number of college students below state average.


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Eureka travel time to work


Eureka mode of transportation to work chart



2004 Presidential Election results in Navarro County Texas:




Most commonly used house heating fuel:
  • Electricity (56%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (42%)
  • Wood (2%)


Religion statistics for Eureka

Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 64.40%
Here64.4%
USA50.2%

Adherents


Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations.
NameSouthern Baptist ConventionUnited Methodist ChurchCatholic ChurchChurches of ChristBaptist Missionary Association of America
Adherents46.4%15.0%9.8%6.7%5.1%
Congregations26.4%20.9%1.1%8.8%7.7%
NameAmerican Baptist AssociationAssemblies of GodPentecostal Church of GodChurch of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)Other
Adherents4.2%2.2%1.7%1.6%7.3%
Congregations9.9%4.4%2.2%2.2%16.5%
Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.


Local government employment and payroll (March 2007)

Function Full-time employees Monthly full-time payroll Average yearly full-time wage Part-time employees Monthly part-time payroll
Other Government Administration 0$0 1$300
Other and Unallocable 0$0 1$50
Totals for Government 0$0 2$350



7.59% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($34,707 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  7.59%
Texas average:  8.37%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Dallas County, TX  1.29% ($32,447 average AGI)
from Ellis County, TX  1.14% ($31,130)
from Tarrant County, TX  0.58% ($50,244)


7.58% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($26,341 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  7.58%
Texas average:  7.44%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Ellis County, TX  1.05% ($30,703 average AGI)
to Dallas County, TX  1.04% ($28,747)
to Tarrant County, TX  0.60% ($-17,640)


Strongest AM radio stations in Eureka:
  • WBAP (820 AM; 50 kW; FORT WORTH, TX; Owner: WBAP-KSCS OPERATING, LTD.)
  • KRLD (1080 AM; 50 kW; DALLAS, TX; Owner: TEXAS INFINITY BROADCASTING L.P.)
  • KFXR (1190 AM; 50 kW; DALLAS, TX; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • KSKY (660 AM; 20 kW; BALCH SPRINGS, TX; Owner: BISON MEDIA, INC.)
  • KESS (1270 AM; 50 kW; FORT WORTH, TX; Owner: KESS-AM LICENSE CORP.)
  • KZMP (1540 AM; 50 kW; UNIVERSITY PARK, TX; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC)
  • KAHZ (1360 AM; 50 kW; HURST, TX)
  • KAND (1340 AM; 1 kW; CORSICANA, TX; Owner: CORSICANA MEDIA, INC.)
  • KBIS (1150 AM; 25 kW; HIGHLAND PARK, TX; Owner: DALLAS AM RADIO PARTNERS, L.P.)
  • KBBW (1010 AM; 10 kW; WACO-MARLIN, TX; Owner: AMERICAN BROADCASTING OF TEXAS)
  • KEEL (710 AM; 50 kW; SHREVEPORT, LA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • KTRH (740 AM; 50 kW; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: AMFM TEXAS LICENSES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • KAAM (770 AM; 10 kW; GARLAND, TX; Owner: DONTRON, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Eureka:
  • KRVF (106.9 FM; KERENS, TX; Owner: FIRST BROADCASTING INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LLC)
  • KDOS (107.9 FM; ROBINSON, TX; Owner: KICI-FM LICENSE CORP.)
  • KLTY (94.9 FM; ARLINGTON, TX; Owner: INSPIRATION MEDIA OF TEXAS, LLC)
  • KRBV (100.3 FM; DALLAS, TX; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING CORP. OF FORT WORTH)
  • KLLI (105.3 FM; DALLAS, TX; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING CORPORATION OF DALLAS)
  • KEGL (97.1 FM; FORT WORTH, TX; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • KOAI (107.5 FM; FORT WORTH, TX; Owner: INFINITY KOAI-FM, INC.)
  • KVIL-FM (103.7 FM; HIGHLAND PARK-DALLAS, TX; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING CORPORATION OF TEXAS)
  • KHKS (106.1 FM; DENTON, TX; Owner: AMFM TEXAS LICENSES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • KZPS (92.5 FM; DALLAS, TX; Owner: AMFM TEXAS LICENSES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • KKDA-FM (104.5 FM; DALLAS, TX; Owner: SERVICE BROADCASTING I, LTD.)
  • KBFB (97.9 FM; DALLAS, TX; Owner: RADIO ONE LICENSES, LLC)
  • KSCS (96.3 FM; FORT WORTH, TX; Owner: WBAP-KSCS OPERATING, LTD.)
  • KLNO (94.1 FM; FORT WORTH, TX; Owner: HBC LICENSE CORPORATION)
  • KNES (99.1 FM; FAIRFIELD, TX; Owner: J & J COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • KCKL (95.9 FM; MALAKOFF, TX; Owner: CEDAR CREEK RADIO COMPANY, INC.)
  • KYCX-FM (104.9 FM; MEXIA, TX; Owner: MJ COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Eureka:
  • KNAV-LP (Channel 30; CORSICANA, TX; Owner: NAVARRO COLLEGE)
  • KTVT (Channel 11; FORT WORTH, TX; Owner: CBS STATIONS GROUP OF TEXAS L.P.)
  • KDAF (Channel 33; DALLAS, TX; Owner: TRIBUNE TELEVISION COMPANY)
  • KDFI (Channel 27; DALLAS, TX; Owner: NEW DMIC, INC.)
  • KMPX (Channel 29; DECATUR, TX; Owner: WORD OF GOD FELLOWSHIP, INC.)
  • KTXA (Channel 21; FORT WORTH, TX; Owner: VIACOM TELEVISION STATIONS GROUP OF DALLAS/FORT WORTH L.P.)
  • KUVN (Channel 23; GARLAND, TX; Owner: KUVN LICENSE PARTNERSHIP, L.P.)
  • KSTR-TV (Channel 49; IRVING, TX; Owner: TELEFUTURA DALLAS LLC)
  • KPXD (Channel 68; ARLINGTON, TX; Owner: PAXSON DALLAS LICENSE, INC.)
  • KERA-TV (Channel 13; DALLAS, TX; Owner: NORTH TEXAS PUBLIC BROADCASTING, INC.)


Eureka fatal accident list:
Mar 6, 2002 03:30 AM, Us-287, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1
Oct 6, 2000 10:30 AM, Us-287, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1
Aug 11, 1990 08:00 AM, 287, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1
Nov 5, 1989 11:05 AM, 287, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1


FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers: 1
  • Site- Eureka Dig M- Fm637 N Of Hwy 287, Type: Mast, Structure height: 56.4 m, Overall height: 59.7 m, Call Sign: KNKN886
    880.020 MHz, 835.020 MHz, 891.510 MHz, 846.510 MHz, 835.020 MHz, 880.020 MHz, 880.020 MHz, 835.020 MHz, 891.510 MHz, 846.510 MHz, 835.020 MHz, 880.020 MHz
    Grant Date: 09/12/2000, Expiration Date: 10/01/2010, Certifier: David C Jatlow
    Registrant: At&t Mobility LLC, 1120 20th Street, Nw, Washington, DC 20036, Phone: (202) 457-2055, Fax: (202) 457-3074, Email:

FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 2
  • Warren D Harkins, 1.5 Mi Nnw, Type: Tower, Structure height: 91.3 m, Overall height: 97.4 m
  • Leslie N Nixon, Eureka Site, Type: Tower, Structure height: 101.1 m, Overall height: 101.1 m, , Licensee ID: L00759842
    Registrant: Global Tower, LLC, 1801 Clint Moore Road, Suite 110, Boca Raton, FL 33487, Phone: (561) 995-0320, Email:

FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 1
  • EUREKA DIG M, Fm 637 N Of Hwy 287, Type: Mast, Structure height: 56.4 m, Overall height: 59.7 m, Call Sign: WMQ281
    Assigned Frequencies : 5974.85 MHz, 6093.45 MHz, 6541.25 MHz, 5945.20 MHz
    Grant Date: 01/03/2001, Expiration Date: 12/01/2010, Certifier: David C Jatlow
    Registrant: At&t Mobility LLC, 1120 20th Street, Nw, Washington, DC 20036, Phone: (202) 457-2055, Fax: (202) 457-3074, Email:


2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
  • Fire: 1

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