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Helena Elementary School District, MT

58,653 Population
361.2 square miles 162.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.3 ±0.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Lewis and Clark County: 41.8 ±0.5
  • about the same as the figure in Montana: 40.4 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$44,956 ±$1,811 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Lewis and Clark County: $44,837 ±$1,572
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Montana: $41,711 ±$477
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$77,527 ±$3,223 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Lewis and Clark County: $78,237 ±$3,203
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Montana: $72,509 ±$761
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.9% ±1.4% (4,514  ±799) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Lewis and Clark County: 8.1% † 5,812 (±1.2% / ±875)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Montana: 11.5% 125,642 (±0.3% / ±3,688)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

16.8 minutes ±0.9 (424,370  ±28,908) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lewis and Clark County: 18.3 574,615 (±1 / ±37,058)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Montana: 19.1 9,058,565 (±0.2 / ±128,212)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

24,838 ±425 Number of households
  • Lewis and Clark County: 31,215 ±362
  • Montana: 458,859 ±3,762
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0 (57,180  ±1,067) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Lewis and Clark County: 2.3 71,877 (±0 / ±27)
  • a little less than the figure in Montana: 2.4 1,087,595
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.3% ±2% (689  ±257) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Lewis and Clark County: 5.1% † 820 (±1.6% / ±262)
  • a little less than the rate in Montana: 5.5% 13,407 (±0.3% / ±815)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

25,998 ±410 Number of housing units
  • Lewis and Clark County: 34,082 ±56
  • Montana: 528,419 ±3,257
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$389,500 ±$10,151 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Lewis and Clark County: $393,500 ±$9,364
  • a little higher than the amount in Montana: $375,800 ±$3,433
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.9% ±1.7% (8,025  ±970.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lewis and Clark County: 12.8% † 9,328 (±1.4% / ±1,041.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Montana: 13.5% 148,934 (±0.4% / ±4,359.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.5% ±3% (39,047  ±1,417.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lewis and Clark County: 94.9% 49,707 (±3% / ±1,559.4)
  • 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)
44.8% ±2.1% (18,502  ±936.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Lewis and Clark County: 43% 22,555 (±1.9% / ±998.3)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Montana: 35.2% 274,703 (±0.5% / ±3,522.6)
  • about 25 percent higher than 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

1.6% ±0.3% (934  ±191) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lewis and Clark County: 1.9% 1,374
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Montana: 2.3% 25,679
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.9% ±1.1% (4,073  ±490) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lewis and Clark County: 9.7% 5,583 (±1% / ±544)
  • about the same as the rate in Montana: 9% 79,357 (±0.2% / ±1,969)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
4,073 Total veterans ±490 3,632 Male ±471 441 Female ±150

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