American Canyon vs St. Helena

A side-by-side comparison of American Canyon and St. Helena: population, income, housing, and more.

American Canyon and St. Helena are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

American Canyon has the higher population (21,698 vs 5,378 in St. Helena). St. Helena has the higher median household income ($158,218 vs $123,935 in American Canyon). St. Helena has the higher median home value ($1,964,300 vs $660,100 in American Canyon).

Population, income & housing

	American Canyon	St. Helena
Population	21,698	5,378
Median age	36.2 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$123,935	$158,218
Median home value	$660,100	$1,964,300
Median gross rent	$2,399	$2,391
Housing units	6,055	2,747
Homeownership rate	77.9%	66.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.7%	58.3%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	American Canyon	St. Helena
Population	20,261 → 21,698 (+7.1%)	6,101 → 5,378 (-11.9%)
Median household income	$101,792 → $123,935 (+21.8%)	$90,031 → $158,218 (+75.7%)
Median home value	$499,300 → $660,100 (+32.2%)	$1,112,100 → $1,964,300 (+76.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,830 → $2,399 (+31.1%)	$1,664 → $2,391 (+43.7%)

American Canyon

Population

20,26121,698

Median household income

$101,792$123,935

Median home value

$499,300$660,100

Median gross rent

$1,830$2,399

St. Helena

Population

6,1015,378

Median household income

$90,031$158,218

Median home value

$1,112,100$1,964,300

Median gross rent

$1,664$2,391

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	American Canyon	St. Helena
Under 5	5.5%	3.5%
5 to 17	19.4%	15.4%
18 to 24	11.2%	5.6%
25 to 34	12.5%	8.8%
35 to 44	11.8%	13.0%
45 to 54	14.2%	13.1%
55 to 64	12.5%	10.9%
65 to 74	7.7%	15.3%
75 and over	5.2%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	American Canyon	St. Helena
White (non-Hispanic)	20.5%	69.0%
Black or African American	5.6%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	1.0%
Asian	32.8%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.1%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	31.1%	25.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	American Canyon	St. Helena
No high school diploma	16.3%	11.4%
High school graduate	19.8%	9.2%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	23.3%	34.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	23.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	American Canyon	St. Helena
Drove alone	76.3%	65.0%
Carpooled	10.6%	3.0%
Public transit	2.0%	1.6%
Walked	0.7%	10.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	1.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	18.0%
Other means	1.8%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	American Canyon	St. Helena
1-unit, detached	73.2%	67.8%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	4.5%
20 or more units	6.7%	10.7%
Mobile home & other	13.0%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	American Canyon	St. Helena
Poverty rate	7.5%	6.0%
Average household size	3.66	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	32	19
Median year structure built	1996	1974