Helena vs Meadowbrook

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

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

Helena has the higher population (21,452 vs 8,939 in Meadowbrook). Meadowbrook has the higher median household income ($145,464 vs $109,590 in Helena). Meadowbrook has the higher median home value ($390,100 vs $292,700 in Helena).

Population, income & housing

	Helena	Meadowbrook
Population	21,452	8,939
Median age	37.5 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$109,590	$145,464
Median home value	$292,700	$390,100
Median gross rent	$1,420	$1,276
Housing units	7,980	3,625
Homeownership rate	91.1%	90.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.2%	72.6%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Helena	Meadowbrook
Population	18,463 → 21,452 (+16.2%)	9,468 → 8,939 (-5.6%)
Median household income	$87,781 → $109,590 (+24.8%)	$109,650 → $145,464 (+32.7%)
Median home value	$195,100 → $292,700 (+50.0%)	$299,200 → $390,100 (+30.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,341 → $1,420 (+5.9%)	$1,406 → $1,276 (-9.2%)

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

Meadowbrook

Population

9,4688,939

Median household income

$109,650$145,464

Median home value

$299,200$390,100

Median gross rent

$1,406$1,276

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Helena	Meadowbrook
Under 5	6.4%	6.1%
5 to 17	21.3%	18.2%
18 to 24	6.3%	7.1%
25 to 34	13.3%	10.2%
35 to 44	13.3%	14.7%
45 to 54	16.7%	16.3%
55 to 64	9.4%	14.4%
65 to 74	10.0%	9.8%
75 and over	3.3%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Helena	Meadowbrook
White (non-Hispanic)	71.1%	80.3%
Black or African American	17.7%	10.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.7%
Two or more races	4.2%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Helena	Meadowbrook
No high school diploma	2.9%	0.6%
High school graduate	17.5%	9.7%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	17.1%
Bachelor's degree	31.9%	43.7%
Graduate or professional degree	16.3%	28.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Helena	Meadowbrook
Drove alone	75.3%	76.5%
Carpooled	6.9%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.6%	20.0%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Helena	Meadowbrook
1-unit, detached	93.7%	80.4%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	15.4%
20 or more units	1.5%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Helena	Meadowbrook
Poverty rate	3.7%	6.6%
Average household size	2.84	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	31	26
Median year structure built	2000	1987