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St. Helen, MI

2,841 Population
5.7 square miles 495.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

54.6 ±4.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Roscommon County: 57.4 ±0.5
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$29,267 ±$8,015 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Roscommon County: $37,099 ±$2,186
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$42,091 ±$2,709 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Roscommon County: $54,106 ±$3,037
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

25.8% ±7% (729  ±202) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Roscommon County: 15.4% † 3,593 (±1.8% / ±418)
  • about double the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

29.2 minutes ±2.8 (23,470  ±3,650) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Roscommon County: 24.7 180,880 (±1.6 / ±14,695)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

1,362 ±119 Number of households
  • Roscommon County: 11,475 ±391
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2.1 ±0.2 (2,840  ±161) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Roscommon County: 2 23,411 (±0.1 / ±7)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

5.4% ±6.6% (24  ±30) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Roscommon County: 3.2% † 109 (±1.5% / ±51)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)

Housing

2,471 ±138 Number of housing units
  • Roscommon County: 23,170 ±35
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$85,300 ±$4,231 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Roscommon County: $148,000 ±$8,732
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

12.7% ±4.7% (358  ±134.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Roscommon County: 14.5% † 3,409 (±2% / ±467.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

84% ±5.9% (1,950  ±204) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Roscommon County: 90.8% 17,306 (±3.5% / ±677.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
9.5% ±2.9% (221  ±68.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Roscommon County: 20.3% 3,873 (±1.8% / ±337.6)
  • about one-third of the rate in Michigan: 31.8% 2,213,104 (±0.2% / ±11,301.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.6% ±0.6% (18  ±18) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Roscommon County: 1.4% 334
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

8.5% ±3.2% (205  ±78) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Roscommon County: 11.3% 2,273 (±1% / ±194)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
205 Total veterans ±78 205 Male ±78 N/A Female ±11

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