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East Helena, MT

1,702 Population
4.1 square miles 419.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.6 ±9.6 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Helena, MT Metro Area: 42.6 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Montana: 40.4 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,839 ±$7,194 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Helena, MT Metro Area: $44,973 ±$1,341
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Montana: $41,711 ±$477
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$60,417 ±$22,421 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Helena, MT Metro Area: $78,528 ±$3,115
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Montana: $72,509 ±$761
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

16.5% ±13.9% (281  ±246) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in the Helena, MT Metro Area: 8.1% † 7,491 (±1% / ±904)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Montana: 11.5% 125,642 (±0.3% / ±3,688)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17 minutes ±3.7 (14,850  ±5,768) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Helena, MT Metro Area: 20 800,005 (±1 / ±44,252)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Montana: 19.1 9,058,565 (±0.2 / ±128,212)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

853 ±216 Number of households
  • the Helena, MT Metro Area: 39,033 ±408
  • Montana: 458,859 ±3,762
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.7 (1,702  ±422) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Helena, MT Metro Area: 2.4 91,970 (±0 / ±42)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Montana: 2.4 1,087,595
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

14.1% ±15.6% (61  ±70) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Helena, MT Metro Area: 4.8% † 959 (±1.4% / ±274)
  • more than double the rate in Montana: 5.5% 13,407 (±0.3% / ±815)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

853 ±216 Number of housing units
  • the Helena, MT Metro Area: 42,667 ±50
  • Montana: 528,419 ±3,257
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$290,700 ±$65,584 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Helena, MT Metro Area: $401,200 ±$9,036
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Montana: $375,800 ±$3,433
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14.3% ±10.8% (235  ±186.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Helena, MT Metro Area: 12.7% 11,820 (±1.2% / ±1,154.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Montana: 13.5% 148,934 (±0.4% / ±4,359.2)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

97.1% ±33.9% (1,187  ±276.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Helena, MT Metro Area: 94.5% 63,820 (±2.6% / ±1,776.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Montana: 94.6% 739,351 (±0.7% / ±5,772.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
23.7% ±10.4% (289  ±148) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Helena, MT Metro Area: 40.2% 27,153 (±1.6% / ±1,104.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Montana: 35.2% 274,703 (±0.5% / ±3,522.6)
  • about two-thirds 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

0.3% ±0.4% (5  ±7) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Helena, MT Metro Area: 1.7% 1,564
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Montana: 2.3% 25,679
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.5% ±5.7% (132  ±86) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Helena, MT Metro Area: 9.8% 7,254 (±0.8% / ±591)
  • a little higher than the rate in Montana: 9% 79,357 (±0.2% / ±1,969)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
132 Total veterans ±86 123 Male ±84 9 Female ±18

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