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Helena, MT

32,529 Population
16.9 square miles 1,925.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.9 ±1.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Helena, MT Metro Area: 42.3 ±0.5
  • about the same as the figure in Montana: 40.1 ±0.2

Economics

$43,016 ±$2,514 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Helena, MT Metro Area: $41,082 ±$1,460
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Montana: $37,837 ±$460
$64,798 ±$4,425 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Helena, MT Metro Area: $72,168 ±$3,129
  • about the same as the amount in Montana: $66,341 ±$748

10.1% ±1.9% (3,170  ±580) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Helena, MT Metro Area: 8.7% † 7,177 (±1.1% / ±868)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Montana: 12.4% 132,329 (±0.4% / ±4,021)

13.4 minutes ±0.8 (191,335  ±14,628) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Helena, MT Metro Area: 18 659,605 (±0.7 / ±29,388)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Montana: 18.8 8,859,095 (±0.2 / ±117,055)

Families

15,233 ±380 Number of households
  • the Helena, MT Metro Area: 34,962 ±444
  • Montana: 443,917 ±1,940
2 ±0.1 (31,058  ±58) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Helena, MT Metro Area: 2.3 81,804 (±0 / ±45)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Montana: 2.4 1,062,585

4.7% ±1.8% (358  ±140) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Helena, MT Metro Area: 5.8% † 1,003 (±1.4% / ±239)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Montana: 5.5% 13,024 (±0.3% / ±757)

Housing

16,243 ±312 Number of housing units
  • the Helena, MT Metro Area: 38,948 ±46
  • Montana: 517,430 ±215

$331,700 ±$11,438 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Helena, MT Metro Area: $334,300 ±$7,837
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Montana: $305,700 ±$3,425

19.8% ±2.2% (6,351  ±,721.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Helena, MT Metro 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

96.2% ±4.2% (22,154  ±1,048.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Helena, MT Metro Area: 94.8% 56,565 (±2.6% / ±1,569)
  • about the same as the rate in Montana: 94.5% 716,319 (±0.8% / ±5,765.4)
50.5% ±3% (11,632  ±,728.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Helena, MT Metro Area: 41.3% 24,630 (±1.7% / ±1,018.4)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Montana: 34% 257,627 (±0.4% / ±3,350.1)

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

1.8% ±0.6% (579  ±190) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the Helena, MT Metro Area: 1.9% 1,595
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Montana: 2.3% 24,713

8.2% ±1.2% (2,151  ±326) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Helena, MT Metro Area: 10.9% 7,182 (±0.8% / ±538)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Montana: 9.6% 82,367 (±0.2% / ±1,792)
2,151 Total veterans ±326 1,776 Male ±259 375 Female ±204

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