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St. Helens, OR

14,258 Population
4.9 square miles 2,936.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.8 ±2.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 39.3 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Oregon: 40.4 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,404 ±$3,200 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: $51,936 ±$417
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Oregon: $45,612 ±$309
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$82,865 ±$4,204 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: $97,436 ±$858
  • about the same as the amount in Oregon: $83,011 ±$573
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10% ±2.9% (1,384  ±399) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 9.5% 236,906 (±0.3% / ±6,725)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Oregon: 11.9% 498,380 (±0.2% / ±8,575)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

30.3 minutes ±3.2 (167,780  ±24,426) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 25 24,751,240 (±0.2 / ±245,505)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Oregon: 23 37,691,044 (±0.1 / ±270,854)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

5,403 ±256 Number of households
  • the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 1,010,265 ±2,687
  • Oregon: 1,718,422 ±4,082
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.1 (13,890  ±39) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 2.5 2,476,150 (±0 / ±390)
  • a little higher than the figure in Oregon: 2.4 4,153,548
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.6% ±3.2% (221  ±110) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 4.4% 27,443 (±0.3% / ±1,545)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Oregon: 4.5% 44,800 (±0.2% / ±1,976)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,679 ±285 Number of housing units
  • the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 1,062,495 ±523
  • Oregon: 1,857,992 ±637
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$394,200 ±$18,693 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: $559,400 ±$2,566
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Oregon: $477,600 ±$1,400
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

16.5% ±4.3% (2,295  ±596.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 14% 348,592 (±0.3% / ±7,394)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Oregon: 14% 589,616 (±0.2% / ±9,960.3)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.8% ±6.3% (8,965  ±706.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 92.8% 1,680,405 (±0.6% / ±9,922.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Oregon: 91.9% 2,796,561 (±0.4% / ±12,104.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16.9% ±3% (1,687  ±308.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 42.6% 770,714 (±0.4% / ±6,332.5)
  • about half the rate in Oregon: 36.8% 1,120,686 (±0.3% / ±7,591.5)
  • about half 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

3.9% ±1.4% (554  ±196) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 12.7% 320,290
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Oregon: 9.8% 418,367
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9% ±2.2% (998  ±250) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 6.2% 124,650 (±0.1% / ±2,242)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Oregon: 7.2% 246,300 (±0.1% / ±3,835)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
998 Total veterans ±250 899 Male ±221 99 Female ±69

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