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East Helena, MT

1,855 Population
4.1 square miles 457.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.9 ±11.9 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Helena, MT Metro Area: 42.4 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Montana: 40.2 ±0.2

Economics

$30,841 ±$6,438 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Helena, MT Metro Area: $42,823 ±$1,426
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Montana: $39,842 ±$444
$53,611 ±$13,817 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Helena, MT Metro Area: $74,040 ±$2,777
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Montana: $69,922 ±$768

17.7% ±15.9% (328  ±312) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Helena, MT Metro Area: 8.6% † 7,758 (±1.2% / ±1,040)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Montana: 12.1% 129,998 (±0.3% / ±3,599)

20.5 minutes ±2.5 (18,080  ±7,311) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Helena, MT Metro Area: 19 745,295 (±0.8 / ±37,502)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Montana: 19.2 9,019,285 (±0.2 / ±114,265)

Families

888 ±234 Number of households
  • the Helena, MT Metro Area: 38,433 ±401
  • Montana: 452,683 ±1,926
2.1 ±0.4 (1,855  ±579) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Helena, MT Metro Area: 2.4 90,422 (±0 / ±43)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Montana: 2.4 1,075,777

16.2% ±13.8% (75  ±70) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Helena, MT Metro Area: 5.7% † 1,098 (±1.3% / ±252)
  • more than double the rate in Montana: 5.5% 13,117 (±0.4% / ±852)

Housing

903 ±235 Number of housing units
  • the Helena, MT Metro Area: 42,389 ±47
  • Montana: 522,939 ±206

$254,400 ±$30,846 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Helena, MT Metro Area: $363,400 ±$8,390
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Montana: $338,100 ±$3,741

16.4% ±9.3% (292  ±187.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Helena, MT Metro Area: 13.9% † 12,685 (±1.4% / ±1,277.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Montana: 14.2% 155,635 (±0.4% / ±4,606.2)

Social

89.6% ±33.1% (1,172  ±269.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Helena, MT Metro Area: 94.4% 62,493 (±2.6% / ±1,716.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Montana: 94.6% 728,513 (±0.7% / ±5,628.6)
21.9% ±6.9% (286  ±121.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Helena, MT Metro Area: 40% 26,504 (±1.6% / ±1,063.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Montana: 34.5% 266,066 (±0.4% / ±3,434)

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

0.4% ±0.5% (7  ±9) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Helena, MT Metro Area: 1.9% 1,730
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Montana: 2.3% 25,327

8.4% ±4.7% (122  ±77) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Helena, MT Metro Area: 10.5% 7,637 (±0.9% / ±633)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Montana: 9.4% 81,663 (±0.2% / ±1,843)
122 Total veterans ±77 113 Male ±74 9 Female ±18

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