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Helena, MT

33,126 Population
16.9 square miles 1,961 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.4 ±1.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Helena, MT Metro Area: 42.4 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Montana: 40.2 ±0.2

Economics

$46,129 ±$2,451 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Helena, MT Metro Area: $42,823 ±$1,426
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Montana: $39,842 ±$444
$69,341 ±$4,696 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Helena, MT Metro Area: $74,040 ±$2,777
  • about the same as the amount in Montana: $69,922 ±$768

9.1% ±1.9% (2,903  ±614) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Helena, MT Metro Area: 8.6% † 7,758 (±1.2% / ±1,040)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Montana: 12.1% 129,998 (±0.3% / ±3,599)

13.7 minutes ±0.9 (190,675  ±15,743) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Helena, MT Metro Area: 19 745,295 (±0.8 / ±37,502)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Montana: 19.2 9,019,285 (±0.2 / ±114,265)

Families

15,471 ±352 Number of households
  • the Helena, MT Metro Area: 38,433 ±401
  • Montana: 452,683 ±1,926
2.1 ±0.1 (31,683  ±58) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Helena, MT Metro Area: 2.4 90,422 (±0 / ±43)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Montana: 2.4 1,075,777

5.6% ±2.2% (425  ±168) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Helena, MT Metro Area: 5.7% † 1,098 (±1.3% / ±252)
  • about the same as the rate in Montana: 5.5% 13,117 (±0.4% / ±852)

Housing

16,574 ±328 Number of housing units
  • the Helena, MT Metro Area: 42,389 ±47
  • Montana: 522,939 ±206

$355,100 ±$10,195 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Helena, MT Metro Area: $363,400 ±$8,390
  • a little higher than the amount in Montana: $338,100 ±$3,741

17.7% ±2.1% (5,801  ±671.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Helena, MT Metro Area: 13.9% † 12,685 (±1.4% / ±1,277.5)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Montana: 14.2% 155,635 (±0.4% / ±4,606.2)

Social

96.1% ±4.3% (22,621  ±1,081.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Helena, MT Metro Area: 94.4% 62,493 (±2.6% / ±1,716.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Montana: 94.6% 728,513 (±0.7% / ±5,628.6)
50.4% ±3% (11,856  ±747.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Helena, MT Metro Area: 40% 26,504 (±1.6% / ±1,063.9)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Montana: 34.5% 266,066 (±0.4% / ±3,434)

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

1.8% ±0.5% (579  ±158) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the Helena, MT Metro Area: 1.9% 1,730
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Montana: 2.3% 25,327

7.7% ±1.2% (2,057  ±326) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Helena, MT Metro Area: 10.5% 7,637 (±0.9% / ±633)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Montana: 9.4% 81,663 (±0.2% / ±1,843)
2,057 Total veterans ±326 1,743 Male ±285 314 Female ±186

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