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Helen township, McLeod County, MN

950 Population
35.1 square miles 27.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.5 ±6.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in McLeod County: 41.6 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 38.8 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$43,307 ±$6,238 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in McLeod County: $42,495 ±$2,372
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $48,237 ±$234
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$107,083 ±$47,441 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in McLeod County: $80,084 ±$3,795
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Minnesota: $89,062 ±$409
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6.5% ±3.2% (62  ±33) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in McLeod County: 8.7% † 3,134 (±1.4% / ±509)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Minnesota: 9.3% 522,508 (±0.2% / ±9,015)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.4 minutes ±6.9 (8,650  ±2,154) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in McLeod County: 23 398,530 (±1.2 / ±24,221)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 22.7 54,914,636 (±0.1 / ±295,702)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

315 ±56 Number of households
  • McLeod County: 15,215 ±230
  • Minnesota: 2,307,955 ±6,063
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3 ±0.3 (950  ±191) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in McLeod County: 2.4 36,101 (±0 / ±33)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,601,148
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.1% ±4.6% (10  ±8) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in McLeod County: 5.2% † 400 (±1.8% / ±141)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,229 (±0.1% / ±1,882)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

321 ±56 Number of housing units
  • McLeod County: 15,972 ±71
  • Minnesota: 2,545,030 ±1,535
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$396,900 ±$40,948 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in McLeod County: $246,100 ±$6,149
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Minnesota: $329,300 ±$903
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

4.1% ±2.4% (38  ±24) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in McLeod County: 8.6% † 3,139 (±1.3% / ±487.1)
  • about one-third of the rate in Minnesota: 12.2% 691,832 (±0.2% / ±9,053.1)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.2% ±22.1% (594  ±91.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in McLeod County: 93.7% 24,148 (±3.1% / ±799.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,685,922 (±0.3% / ±13,417.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
15.1% ±5% (98  ±37.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in McLeod County: 20.2% 5,205 (±1.5% / ±392.8)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Minnesota: 39.4% 1,546,100 (±0.2% / ±8,550.4)
  • about two-fifths 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

1.9% ±1.9% (18  ±18) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in McLeod County: 4% 1,469
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Minnesota: 8.7% 497,722
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.8% ±2.4% (35  ±19) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in McLeod County: 6.6% † 1,881 (±0.7% / ±208)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 5.9% 259,988 (±0.1% / ±3,034)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
35 Total veterans ±19 33 Male ±19 2 Female ±3

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