A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Eureka$2,580/mo

Typical home $412K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.21% · or rent about $1,252/mo · Housing →

Manchester$2,370/mo

Typical home $379K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.21% · or rent about $1,322/mo · Housing →

The difference: $210 a month, about $2,500 a year, between Eureka and Manchester.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Manchester places higher on 14 of 21 MO lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Missouri ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

B+EurekaSafer than 72% of U.S. towns BManchesterSafer than 64% of U.S. towns

Schools

AEurekaBetter than 92% of districts in the state AManchesterBetter than 87% of districts in the state

Health

A−EurekaHealthier than 84% of U.S. towns AManchesterHealthier than 93% of U.S. towns

7Eureka

14Manchester

Lists won, of 21 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most walkableOutdoors · 261 towns #199#14 Most trailsOutdoors · 151 towns #29#122 Fastest growingGrowth · 260 towns #35#135 Shortest commuteGetting around · 261 towns #214#118 Lowest depressionHealth · 261 towns #92#28 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 261 towns #117#57 Highest graduation rateSchools · 216 towns #63#96 Fewest smokersHealth · 261 towns #39#14

Left end = #1 in Missouri. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Eureka’s rankings →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

EurekaManchester

Snow a year11″10″

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)76th 63rd

Outdoors & history

EurekaManchester

Trails10 mi 1 mi

Conserved land2.2%1.9%

Settled—1950

National Register places1 3

Archive photos24 5

Famous people born here2 2

Community

EurekaManchester

Library hours a week64 hrs 64 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined1 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

10 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

EurekaManchester

Eureka ↔ Manchester9.5 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Missouri average

EurekaManchester

People

Population 13,081Lowest 18,160Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +14.3%Highest MO: +2.8% +1.3%Lowest MO: +2.8%

Median age 37.5±2.4Lowest 4% below MO 38.2±2.1Highest about the MO average

Manchester and Eureka are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 30.3%±4.4Highest MO: 22.3% 24.7%±3.6Lowest MO: 22.3%

Eureka and Manchester are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 13.5%±2.7Lowest MO: 17.9% 16%±2.1Highest MO: 17.9%

Manchester and Eureka are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 52.5%Lowest MO: 32.4% 62.4%Highest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.3%±1.6Lowest MO: 5.7% 5.9%±1.6Highest MO: 5.7%

Manchester and Eureka are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $108,394±$6kHighest 53% above MO $97,801±$20kLowest 38% above MO

Eureka and Manchester are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $379,200±$27kHighest 65% above MO $323,100±$17kLowest 40% above MO

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,252±$339Lowest 21% above MO $1,322±$69Highest 28% above MO

Manchester and Eureka are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $4,587Highest 135% above MO $3,922Lowest 101% above MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 39.7%±15.8Lowest MO: 45.6% 42.2%±14.7Highest MO: 45.6%

Manchester and Eureka are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 7.9%Highest MO: 12.6% 6.4%Lowest MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 79.3%Highest MO: 68.1% 75%Lowest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1999Highest 21 yrs newer than MO 1977Lowest 1 yr older than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 27 minHighest 15% above MO 21 minLowest 9% below MO

Work from home 17.9%±4.2Lowest MO: 13% 22.7%±6Highest MO: 13%

Manchester and Eureka are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 8.4%Highest 3%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 16.8 miHighest 9.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.10Highest 0.63Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town St. Louis (14%)St. Louis (13%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in ManchesterFew work in Eureka

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 2.2%Highest 1.9%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 10.1 miHighest 1.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.9 miHighest 0.2 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 13Highest 7Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 43.6Lowest 143Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #55 of 226 in MO #35 of 226 in MO

School district ROCKWOOD R-VIPARKWAY C-2

High school in town Eureka SR. HighSouth High

Students per teacherat that high school 15.6Highest 14.5Lowest

Missouri average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Eureka vs Manchester

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $210 more a month in Eureka

Manchester places higher on 14 of 21 MO lists

What daily life feels like in each

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