St. Helena vs Yountville

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

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

St. Helena has the higher population (5,378 vs 3,396 in Yountville). St. Helena has the higher median household income ($158,218 vs $79,696 in Yountville). St. Helena has the higher median home value ($1,964,300 vs $748,900 in Yountville).

Population, income & housing

	St. Helena	Yountville
Population	5,378	3,396
Median age	47.6 yrs	65.0 yrs
Median household income	$158,218	$79,696
Median home value	$1,964,300	$748,900
Median gross rent	$2,391	$2,144
Housing units	2,747	1,750
Homeownership rate	66.6%	65.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.3%	40.9%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	St. Helena	Yountville
Population	6,101 → 5,378 (-11.9%)	2,987 → 3,396 (+13.7%)
Median household income	$90,031 → $158,218 (+75.7%)	$69,300 → $79,696 (+15.0%)
Median home value	$1,112,100 → $1,964,300 (+76.6%)	$486,300 → $748,900 (+54.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,664 → $2,391 (+43.7%)	$1,824 → $2,144 (+17.5%)

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

Yountville

Population

2,9873,396

Median household income

$69,300$79,696

Median home value

$486,300$748,900

Median gross rent

$1,824$2,144

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	St. Helena	Yountville
Under 5	3.5%	1.5%
5 to 17	15.4%	3.0%
18 to 24	5.6%	1.6%
25 to 34	8.8%	9.0%
35 to 44	13.0%	8.7%
45 to 54	13.1%	8.2%
55 to 64	10.9%	17.9%
65 to 74	15.3%	21.1%
75 and over	14.5%	29.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	St. Helena	Yountville
White (non-Hispanic)	69.0%	70.6%
Black or African American	0.7%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.4%
Asian	1.4%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.2%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	25.8%	17.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	St. Helena	Yountville
No high school diploma	11.4%	10.7%
High school graduate	9.2%	18.5%
Some college or associate's	21.1%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	34.7%	28.0%
Graduate or professional degree	23.6%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	St. Helena	Yountville
Drove alone	65.0%	56.9%
Carpooled	3.0%	2.5%
Public transit	1.6%	0.6%
Walked	10.9%	18.5%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	18.0%	21.2%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	St. Helena	Yountville
1-unit, detached	67.8%	46.7%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	10.7%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	4.1%
20 or more units	10.7%	6.7%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	21.9%

Poverty & households

	St. Helena	Yountville
Poverty rate	6.0%	11.5%
Average household size	2.31	1.69
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1974	1988