Prudenville vs St. Helen

A side-by-side comparison of Prudenville and St. Helen: population, income, housing, and more.

Prudenville and St. Helen are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

St. Helen has the higher population (2,841 vs 1,286 in Prudenville). St. Helen has the higher median household income ($42,091 vs $35,833 in Prudenville). Prudenville has the higher median home value ($167,300 vs $85,300 in St. Helen).

Population, income & housing

	Prudenville	St. Helen
Population	1,286	2,841
Median age	43.7 yrs	54.6 yrs
Median household income	$35,833	$42,091
Median home value	$167,300	$85,300
Median gross rent	$788	$728
Housing units	1,437	2,471
Homeownership rate	65.4%	82.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	9.5%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Prudenville	St. Helen
Population	1,942 → 1,286 (-33.8%)	2,671 → 2,841 (+6.4%)
Median household income	$48,657 → $35,833 (-26.4%)	$33,629 → $42,091 (+25.2%)
Median home value	$147,200 → $167,300 (+13.7%)	$57,400 → $85,300 (+48.6%)
Median gross rent	$856 → $788 (-7.9%)	$610 → $728 (+19.3%)

Prudenville

Population

1,9421,286

Median household income

$48,657$35,833

Median home value

$147,200$167,300

Median gross rent

$856$788

St. Helen

Population

2,6712,841

Median household income

$33,629$42,091

Median home value

$57,400$85,300

Median gross rent

$610$728

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Prudenville	St. Helen
Under 5	3.3%	4.4%
5 to 17	15.1%	10.2%
18 to 24	8.6%	3.7%
25 to 34	6.5%	14.4%
35 to 44	19.9%	5.6%
45 to 54	5.4%	12.4%
55 to 64	9.7%	19.4%
65 to 74	19.1%	18.0%
75 and over	12.4%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Prudenville	St. Helen
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	90.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Prudenville	St. Helen
No high school diploma	2.6%	16.0%
High school graduate	31.6%	40.1%
Some college or associate's	45.9%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Prudenville	St. Helen
Drove alone	74.6%	79.4%
Carpooled	8.5%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.9%
Worked from home	11.9%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Prudenville	St. Helen
1-unit, detached	70.8%	92.1%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.2%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.9%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Prudenville	St. Helen
Poverty rate	16.2%	25.8%
Average household size	2.05	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	14	29
Median year structure built	1975	1972