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$1,780/mo

Typical home $285K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.22% · Housing →

Fruitvale$1,060/mo

Typical home $189K (Census) · tax rate 0.41% · or rent about $420/mo · Housing →

The difference: $730 a month, about $8,700 a year, between Eureka and Fruitvale.

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

Grades and rankings, side by side

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

Schools

–EurekaNot graded C−FruitvaleBetter than 22% of districts in the state

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

EurekaFruitvale

Snow a year0″1″

January low—33°F

July high—92°F

Growing season (days)—238d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)14th 18th

Community

EurekaFruitvale

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 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

54 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

EurekaTX FruitvaleTX

Eureka ↔ Fruitvale54 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 Texas average

EurekaFruitvale

People

Population 310Lowest 396Highest

Median age 53.7±4.6Highest 51% above TX 53.3±15.5Lowest 50% above TX

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

Kids under 18 12.6%±4.4Lowest TX: 25% 19.7%±6.6Highest TX: 25%

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

Age 65+ 21.6%±8.5Lowest TX: 13.4% 32.1%±17.4Highest TX: 13.4%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 15.4%Highest TX: 33.8% 8.9%Lowest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.2%±6.5Highest TX: 6.2% 2%±1.6Lowest TX: 6.2%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $81,250±$27kHighest 4% above TX $50,714±$30kLowest 35% below TX

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $171,600±$92kLowest 40% below TX $189,100±$20kHighest 33% below TX

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly — $420±$229 70% below TX

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,092Highest 51% below TX $776Lowest 82% below TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 80.8%±91.6Highest TX: 51.7% 22.9%±3.2Lowest TX: 51.7%

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

Below poverty line 13.9%Highest TX: 13.8% 9.8%Lowest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 78.7%Highest TX: 62.6% 75.3%Lowest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1991Highest 1 yr older than TX 1966Lowest 26 yrs older than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 26 minLowest 3% below TX 34 minHighest 28% above TX

Work from home 9.6%±9Highest TX: 14.4% 4.5%±4.4Lowest TX: 14.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 0%Lowest 2.7%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 51.8 miHighest 36.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.24Lowest 0.95Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Corsicana (26%)Tyler (7%)

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

Trailsmapped miles 0.3 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 26.5Highest 19.5Lowest

Schools

School district —FRUITVALE ISD

High school in town —Fruitvale H S

Students per teacherat that high school — 10.0

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

Deciding?

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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 Fruitvale

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $730 more a month in Eureka

Grades and rankings, side by side

What daily life feels like in each

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