Napa vs St. Helena

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

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

Napa has the higher population (78,816 vs 5,378 in St. Helena). St. Helena has the higher median household income ($158,218 vs $102,231 in Napa). St. Helena has the higher median home value ($1,964,300 vs $824,500 in Napa).

Population, income & housing

	Napa	St. Helena
Population	78,816	5,378
Median age	41.2 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$102,231	$158,218
Median home value	$824,500	$1,964,300
Median gross rent	$2,165	$2,391
Housing units	32,094	2,747
Homeownership rate	58.3%	66.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.7%	58.3%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Napa	St. Helena
Population	79,074 → 78,816 (-0.3%)	6,101 → 5,378 (-11.9%)
Median household income	$84,043 → $102,231 (+21.6%)	$90,031 → $158,218 (+75.7%)
Median home value	$616,700 → $824,500 (+33.7%)	$1,112,100 → $1,964,300 (+76.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,700 → $2,165 (+27.4%)	$1,664 → $2,391 (+43.7%)

Napa

Population

79,07478,816

Median household income

$84,043$102,231

Median home value

$616,700$824,500

Median gross rent

$1,700$2,165

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)

	Napa	St. Helena
Under 5	4.9%	3.5%
5 to 17	15.4%	15.4%
18 to 24	7.6%	5.6%
25 to 34	13.4%	8.8%
35 to 44	14.0%	13.0%
45 to 54	12.6%	13.1%
55 to 64	12.8%	10.9%
65 to 74	11.3%	15.3%
75 and over	8.0%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Napa	St. Helena
White (non-Hispanic)	51.0%	69.0%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	1.0%
Asian	2.9%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	41.0%	25.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Napa	St. Helena
No high school diploma	15.8%	11.4%
High school graduate	18.2%	9.2%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	23.3%	34.7%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	23.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Napa	St. Helena
Drove alone	72.2%	65.0%
Carpooled	10.4%	3.0%
Public transit	0.8%	1.6%
Walked	2.5%	10.9%
Bicycle	0.8%	1.0%
Worked from home	12.2%	18.0%
Other means	1.1%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Napa	St. Helena
1-unit, detached	62.0%	67.8%
1-unit, attached	7.5%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	4.5%
20 or more units	11.2%	10.7%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Napa	St. Helena
Poverty rate	8.7%	6.0%
Average household size	2.58	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	24	19
Median year structure built	1975	1974