Eureka, CA — income, home value, property tax, and sales tax.
In ZIP code 95559, near Eureka, the county-level property tax rate sits at 0.64%, while the combined sales tax reaches 9.50%. That pairing shapes daily life here: homeowners keep a smaller share of their costs tied to property taxes, but nearly every purchase carries a steeper sales tax. The result leans toward a working- to middle-income profile, where housing costs stay somewhat contained but everyday spending takes a bigger bite. Eureka's economy, tied to regional services and coastal industries, reflects that balance, with the sales tax doing more of the revenue work than property taxes do.