Eureka, Utah.
. Provo-Orem, UT metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,525 (+120%) since Jan 2020.
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Utah$2,797
- United States$1,922
Living in Eureka, Juab County, Utah
Eureka is a city of 662 people in Juab County. Half its households earn more than $74,028 a year and half less, against $101,786 across Juab County. 96% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 4% are rented. Unemployment in Juab County was 3.8% in August 2026, and the county had 2.9% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Juab County work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Eureka is a very small city in Juab County, and almost everyone who lives there owns their home, a much higher share than is usual across the country. Household incomes in town run below the county's, and fewer adults hold a four-year degree than is common nationally. Winters are cold, with January highs a little above freezing and lows well below it, and a good deal of snow falls over the year. Summers turn hot by July, and the year brings only a modest amount of rain and melted snow.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, manufacturing, the building trades and shops. Across Juab County, some of the largest workplaces are Central Valley Medical Center, Owens Corning's Nephi facility and Quality Craft Wood Works. Unemployment in the county is about where it was a year ago, and the county has added jobs over the past year. Commutes are long, and few people work from home.
Things to do. The nearest outing is Goshen Reservoir, a short drive away. A longer drive brings you to Utah Lake, a large lake that is one of the best known in the area, and to Nebo National Forest, a protected area of mountain country. Camp Floyd State Park Museum, also a longer drive off, covers local history.
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- 289households
- 20%of adults have a degree
- 37 mintypical commute
- 6%work from home
What people in Juab County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Juab County had 4,675 jobs in 2025, 2.9% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 37° and lows near 20°; warmest in July, with highs near 90° and lows near 62°. About 55 inches of snow and 18 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Santaquin Chlorinator weather station, 18 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Juab County
- Central Valley Medical CenterCritical access hospital280FTE
- Quality Craft Wood WorksCabinets, kitchen, stock or custom wood, manufacturing186
- Owens Corning Nephi FacilityFiberglass insulation manufacturer119
- Mastronardi ProduceTomato farming, grown under cover115
- DW Chrysalis Holdings, LLCResidential intellectual and developmental disability facilities81
- Barnes Bullets - MonaAmmunition, small arms, manufacturing80
- Mission at Nephi RehabiliationSkilled nursing facilities60
- Essential Botanical Farms - MonaHerb farming, open field56
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 13 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,254 people in all across the county; Eureka has none of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Winter weatherVery high
- WildfireVery high
- LightningRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively high
- DroughtRelatively moderate
- AvalanchesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Eureka’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Juab County and the Provo-Orem, UT metro.
Eureka home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Eureka8
Zip codes with a Eureka address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Eureka — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zillow publishes no zip-level series with this city on the address.