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Helena, MS

975 Population
4.2 square miles 232.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

54.6 ±8.8 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 39.8 ±0.3
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$41,929 ±$8,047 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: $34,345 ±$651
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$101,750 ±$36,207 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: $62,418 ±$1,476
  • nearly double the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10% ±8% (96  ±81) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 15.6% 64,423 (±0.7% / ±2,833)
  • about half the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.9 minutes ±15.9 (15,460  ±6,035) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 25.8 4,392,100 (±0.6 / ±127,851)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

379 ±105 Number of households
  • the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 167,947 ±1,069
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±1 (975  ±256) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 2.5 414,570 (±0 / ±109)
  • a little higher than the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

17.3% ±6.5% (23  ±16) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 5.7% † 5,497 (±0.7% / ±672)
  • more than double the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

435 ±110 Number of housing units
  • the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 189,841 ±84
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$189,600 ±$61,776 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: $205,000 ±$3,574
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

0.8% ±2.8% (8  ±26.6) Moved since previous year
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 13.8% 57,422 (±0.7% / ±3,037.8)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

73.4% ±29.7% (599  ±162.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 89% 257,964 (±1.5% / ±4,224.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 87.2% 1,718,821 (±0.5% / ±10,654.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
10.2% ±7.8% (83  ±68) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 26.7% 77,244 (±0.8% / ±2,359.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 25.1% 495,720 (±0.3% / ±5,925)
  • about one-quarter 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

10.4% ±11.8% (101  ±118) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 3.8% 15,886
  • more than double the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

12.8% ±5.1% (111  ±55) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 11.6% 36,988 (±0.5% / ±1,442)
  • nearly double the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
111 Total veterans ±55 111 Male ±55 N/A Female ±14

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