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East Helena, MT

1,829 Population
4.1 square miles 451.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.4 ±14.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Helena, MT Micro Area: 42.3 ±0.5
  • about the same as the figure in Montana: 40.1 ±0.2

Economics

$33,045 ±$5,743 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Helena, MT Micro Area: $41,082 ±$1,460
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Montana: $37,837 ±$460
$54,485 ±$8,243 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Helena, MT Micro Area: $72,168 ±$3,129
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Montana: $66,341 ±$748

11.3% ±10.3% (207  ±197) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Helena, MT Micro Area: 8.7% † 7,177 (±1.1% / ±868)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Montana: 12.4% 132,329 (±0.4% / ±4,021)

20.7 minutes ±2.6 (20,820  ±7,447) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Helena, MT Micro Area: 18 659,605 (±0.7 / ±29,388)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Montana: 18.8 8,859,095 (±0.2 / ±117,055)

Families

942 ±221 Number of households
  • the Helena, MT Micro Area: 34,962 ±444
  • Montana: 443,917 ±1,940
1.9 ±0.3 (1,829  ±498) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Helena, MT Micro Area: 2.3 81,804 (±0 / ±45)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Montana: 2.4 1,062,585

13.6% ±15.4% (66  ±78) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Helena, MT Micro Area: 5.8% † 1,003 (±1.4% / ±239)
  • more than double the rate in Montana: 5.5% 13,024 (±0.3% / ±757)

Housing

968 ±228 Number of housing units
  • the Helena, MT Micro Area: 38,948 ±46
  • Montana: 517,430 ±215

$241,300 ±$44,677 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Helena, MT Micro Area: $334,300 ±$7,837
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Montana: $305,700 ±$3,425

19.6% ±11.1% (349  ±,218.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Helena, MT Micro Area: 13.9% 11,492 (±1.3% / ±1,078.2)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Montana: 14.8% 159,549 (±0.4% / ±4,260.7)

Social

90% ±33.7% (1,207  ±,281.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Helena, MT Micro Area: 94.8% 56,565 (±2.6% / ±1,569)
  • a little less than the rate in Montana: 94.5% 716,319 (±0.8% / ±5,765.4)
25.3% ±6.7% (339  ±,134.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Helena, MT Micro Area: 41.3% 24,630 (±1.7% / ±1,018.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Montana: 34% 257,627 (±0.4% / ±3,350.1)

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

0.3% ±0.4% (6  ±8) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Helena, MT Micro Area: 1.9% 1,595
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Montana: 2.3% 24,713

9.7% ±4.9% (149  ±85) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Helena, MT Micro Area: 10.9% 7,182 (±0.8% / ±538)
  • about the same as the rate in Montana: 9.6% 82,367 (±0.2% / ±1,792)
149 Total veterans ±85 124 Male ±80 25 Female ±22

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