Alabaster vs Helena

A side-by-side comparison of Alabaster and Helena: population, income, housing, and more.

Alabaster and Helena are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Alabaster has the higher population (33,633 vs 21,452 in Helena). Helena has the higher median household income ($109,590 vs $90,163 in Alabaster). Helena has the higher median home value ($292,700 vs $242,600 in Alabaster).

Population, income & housing

	Alabaster	Helena
Population	33,633	21,452
Median age	39.5 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$90,163	$109,590
Median home value	$242,600	$292,700
Median gross rent	$1,375	$1,420
Housing units	12,372	7,980
Homeownership rate	86.5%	91.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.8%	48.2%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alabaster	Helena
Population	33,176 → 33,633 (+1.4%)	18,463 → 21,452 (+16.2%)
Median household income	$80,072 → $90,163 (+12.6%)	$87,781 → $109,590 (+24.8%)
Median home value	$173,000 → $242,600 (+40.2%)	$195,100 → $292,700 (+50.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,088 → $1,375 (+26.4%)	$1,341 → $1,420 (+5.9%)

Alabaster

Population

33,17633,633

Median household income

$80,072$90,163

Median home value

$173,000$242,600

Median gross rent

$1,088$1,375

Helena

Population

18,46321,452

Median household income

$87,781$109,590

Median home value

$195,100$292,700

Median gross rent

$1,341$1,420

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alabaster	Helena
Under 5	5.8%	6.4%
5 to 17	19.3%	21.3%
18 to 24	8.2%	6.3%
25 to 34	11.9%	13.3%
35 to 44	13.9%	13.3%
45 to 54	13.5%	16.7%
55 to 64	13.7%	9.4%
65 to 74	8.7%	10.0%
75 and over	5.0%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alabaster	Helena
White (non-Hispanic)	70.0%	71.1%
Black or African American	14.7%	17.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	1.2%
Two or more races	2.6%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	10.7%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alabaster	Helena
No high school diploma	6.6%	2.9%
High school graduate	25.0%	17.5%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	28.2%	31.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	16.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alabaster	Helena
Drove alone	74.7%	75.3%
Carpooled	9.0%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.3%	16.6%
Other means	0.4%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alabaster	Helena
1-unit, detached	85.6%	93.7%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	0.8%
20 or more units	1.4%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Alabaster	Helena
Poverty rate	5.3%	3.7%
Average household size	2.79	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	31	31
Median year structure built	1994	2000