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Helena Valley Northwest, MT

5,183 Population
16.4 square miles 316.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.7 ±6 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Helena, MT Metro Area: 42.6 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Montana: 40.4 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$35,059 ±$4,595 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Helena, MT Metro Area: $44,973 ±$1,341
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Montana: $41,711 ±$477
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$100,605 ±$11,203 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Helena, MT Metro Area: $78,528 ±$3,115
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Montana: $72,509 ±$761
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

2.6% ±3.3% (133  ±169) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in the Helena, MT Metro Area: 8.1% † 7,491 (±1% / ±904)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Montana: 11.5% 125,642 (±0.3% / ±3,688)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22 minutes ±3.2 (53,795  ±11,197) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Helena, MT Metro Area: 20 800,005 (±1 / ±44,252)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Montana: 19.1 9,058,565 (±0.2 / ±128,212)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,683 ±189 Number of households
  • the Helena, MT Metro Area: 39,033 ±408
  • Montana: 458,859 ±3,762
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3.1 ±0.3 (5,183  ±716) Persons per household
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Helena, MT Metro Area: 2.4 91,970 (±0 / ±42)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Montana: 2.4 1,087,595
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7% ±7.1% (94  ±97) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Helena, MT Metro Area: 4.8% † 959 (±1.4% / ±274)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Montana: 5.5% 13,407 (±0.3% / ±815)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,694 ±187 Number of housing units
  • the Helena, MT Metro Area: 42,667 ±50
  • Montana: 528,419 ±3,257
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$404,200 ±$24,842 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Helena, MT Metro Area: $401,200 ±$9,036
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Montana: $375,800 ±$3,433
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.1% ±8.1% (516  ±419.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Helena, MT Metro Area: 12.7% 11,820 (±1.2% / ±1,154.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Montana: 13.5% 148,934 (±0.4% / ±4,359.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.8% ±6% (3,267  ±450.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Helena, MT Metro Area: 94.5% 63,820 (±2.6% / ±1,776.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Montana: 94.6% 739,351 (±0.7% / ±5,772.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
35.7% ±7.3% (1,231  ±291.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Helena, MT Metro Area: 40.2% 27,153 (±1.6% / ±1,104.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Montana: 35.2% 274,703 (±0.5% / ±3,522.6)
  • about the same as 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

0.3% ±0.4% (15  ±23) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Helena, MT Metro Area: 1.7% 1,564
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Montana: 2.3% 25,679
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

11.3% ±5.2% (409  ±193) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Helena, MT Metro Area: 9.8% 7,254 (±0.8% / ±591)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Montana: 9% 79,357 (±0.2% / ±1,969)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
409 Total veterans ±193 359 Male ±172 50 Female ±75

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