Eureka, CA — income, home value, property tax, and sales tax.
In ZIP code 95545, near Eureka, homes are valued at a median of $576,900, while per-capita income sits at $42,462. The county's effective property tax rate of 0.64% works out to roughly $3,692 annually on that median home — a figure that would absorb a meaningful share of a single resident's yearly earnings. Sales taxes add another 9.50% at checkout. Together, steep home prices and a tax load tied to those values create real pressure, even though the rate itself stays below many parts of California.