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St. Helen, MI

2,929 Population
5.7 square miles 511.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.9 ±6.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Roscommon County: 57.7 ±0.5
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,264 ±$9,599 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Roscommon County: $38,044 ±$2,340
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$44,871 ±$4,435 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Roscommon County: $55,246 ±$2,903
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

32.8% ±13.1% (957  ±387) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Roscommon County: 15.5% † 3,645 (±2.2% / ±524)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

29.6 minutes ±2.7 (21,225  ±4,753) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Roscommon County: 24.3 177,040 (±1.4 / ±14,406)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,345 ±183 Number of households
  • Roscommon County: 11,579 ±352
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.3 (2,928  ±193) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Roscommon County: 2 23,502 (±0.1 / ±11)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.7% ±6% (25  ±27) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Roscommon County: 3.3% † 113 (±1.6% / ±56)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,406 ±192 Number of housing units
  • Roscommon County: 23,213 ±70
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$95,600 ±$5,005 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Roscommon County: $158,700 ±$7,566
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.5% ±3.9% (304  ±116.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Roscommon County: 12% † 2,835 (±2.1% / ±504)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85% ±6.4% (1,969  ±215.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Roscommon County: 91.8% 17,566 (±3.4% / ±661.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 92.1% 6,452,696 (±0.3% / ±19,033.3)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
10.8% ±3.3% (249  ±79.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Roscommon County: 20.2% 3,870 (±1.8% / ±343.9)
  • about one-third of the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

0.7% ±0.7% (19  ±20) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Roscommon County: 1.3% 309
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.4% ±3.4% (227  ±84) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Roscommon County: 10.1% † 2,061 (±1.2% / ±238)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
227 Total veterans ±84 208 Male ±79 19 Female ±30

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