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%

Manchester$2,370/mo

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

Eureka$2,580/mo

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

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

Schools

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

Health

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

14Manchester

7Eureka

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

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

Left end = #1 in Missouri. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Manchester’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

ManchesterEureka

Snow a year10″11″

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

Outdoors & history

ManchesterEureka

Trails1 mi 10 mi

Conserved land1.9%2.2%

Settled1950 —

National Register places3 1

Archive photos5 24

Famous people born here2 2

Community

ManchesterEureka

Library hours a week64 hrs 64 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 1

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.

ManchesterEureka

Manchester ↔ Eureka9.5 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

ManchesterEureka

People

Population 18,160Highest 13,081Lowest

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

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

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

Kids under 18 24.7%±3.6Lowest MO: 22.3% 30.3%±4.4Highest 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+ 16%±2.1Highest MO: 17.9% 13.5%±2.7Lowest 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+ 62.4%Highest MO: 32.4% 52.5%Lowest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.9%±1.6Highest MO: 5.7% 4.3%±1.6Lowest 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 $97,801±$20kLowest 38% above MO $108,394±$6kHighest 53% 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 $323,100±$17kLowest 40% above MO $379,200±$27kHighest 65% above MO

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,322±$69Highest 28% above MO $1,252±$339Lowest 21% 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 $3,922Lowest 101% above MO $4,587Highest 135% above MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 42.2%±14.7Highest MO: 45.6% 39.7%±15.8Lowest 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 6.4%Lowest MO: 12.6% 7.9%Highest MO: 12.6%

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

Work from home 22.7%±6Highest MO: 13% 17.9%±4.2Lowest 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 3%Lowest 8.4%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 9.8 miLowest 16.8 miHighest

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

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

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in EurekaFew work in Manchester

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.9%Lowest 2.2%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 1.0 miLowest 10.1 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miLowest 0.9 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 7Lowest 13Highest

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

Schools

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

School district PARKWAY C-2ROCKWOOD R-VI

High school in town South HighEureka SR. High

Students per teacherat that high school 14.5Lowest 15.6Highest

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.

Manchester vs Eureka

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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