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Helena-West Helena School District, AR

10,157 Population
121.3 square miles 83.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39 ±2.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Phillips County: 40.9 ±1.2
  • about the same as the figure in Arkansas: 38.5 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$19,348 ±$2,134 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Phillips County: $22,343 ±$1,567
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Arkansas: $34,225 ±$328
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$36,829 ±$7,973 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Phillips County: $40,134 † ±$4,740
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Arkansas: $60,773 ±$467
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

32.6% ±4.9% (3,274  ±502) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Phillips County: 29.4% † 4,500 (±3.4% / ±523)
  • about double the rate in Arkansas: 16% 473,903 (±0.3% / ±7,279)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.8 minutes ±2.9 (55,045  ±12,019) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Phillips County: 19.9 † 92,025 (±2 / ±13,241)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 22.5 27,222,660 (±0.2 / ±267,159)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,909 ±233 Number of households
  • Phillips County: 6,023 ±273
  • Arkansas: 1,205,987 ±4,874
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.2 (9,948  ±367) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Phillips County: 2.5 15,235 (±0.1 / ±11)
  • a little higher than the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,966,574
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

9.6% ±5.2% (210  ±115) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Phillips County: 8.4% † 282 (±3.5% / ±117)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Arkansas: 5.6% 39,177 (±0.2% / ±1,481)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,645 ±238 Number of housing units
  • Phillips County: 8,355 ±20
  • Arkansas: 1,394,673 ±514
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$70,800 ±$18,796 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Phillips County: $78,200 † ±$15,001
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Arkansas: $188,000 ±$1,754
  • about one-fifth of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

17.4% ±4.7% (1,734  ±471.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Phillips County: 14.9% † 2,260 (±3.3% / ±503.9)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Arkansas: 12.6% 380,835 (±0.3% / ±8,207.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

80.1% ±7.4% (5,270  ±554.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Phillips County: 80.8% 8,234 (±6.1% / ±622.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 88.7% 1,827,162 (±0.5% / ±10,760.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
15.2% ±3.6% (998  ±239.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Phillips County: 15% † 1,528 (±2.6% / ±263.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Arkansas: 25.7% 529,858 (±0.3% / ±5,926.8)
  • about two-fifths of 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

1.9% ±1.8% (194  ±182) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Phillips County: 1.5% 236
  • about one-third of the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 165,740
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.7% ±1.7% (339  ±121) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Phillips County: 5.5% † 626 (±1.2% / ±139)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Arkansas: 7.4% 173,377 (±0.1% / ±2,373)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
339 Total veterans ±121 310 Male ±109 29 Female ±36

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