Roscommon vs St. Helen

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

Roscommon 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 1,029 in Roscommon). Roscommon has the higher median household income ($54,375 vs $42,091 in St. Helen). St. Helen has the higher median home value ($85,300 vs $81,600 in Roscommon).

Population, income & housing

	Roscommon	St. Helen
Population	1,029	2,841
Median age	55.4 yrs	54.6 yrs
Median household income	$54,375	$42,091
Median home value	$81,600	$85,300
Median gross rent	$544	$728
Housing units	594	2,471
Homeownership rate	69.0%	82.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.4%	9.5%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Roscommon	St. Helen
Population	1,050 → 1,029 (-2.0%)	2,671 → 2,841 (+6.4%)
Median household income	$35,163 → $54,375 (+54.6%)	$33,629 → $42,091 (+25.2%)
Median home value	$62,300 → $81,600 (+31.0%)	$57,400 → $85,300 (+48.6%)
Median gross rent	$490 → $544 (+11.0%)	$610 → $728 (+19.3%)

Roscommon

Population

1,0501,029

Median household income

$35,163$54,375

Median home value

$62,300$81,600

Median gross rent

$490$544

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)

	Roscommon	St. Helen
Under 5	3.6%	4.4%
5 to 17	7.9%	10.2%
18 to 24	11.2%	3.7%
25 to 34	8.3%	14.4%
35 to 44	7.3%	5.6%
45 to 54	11.2%	12.4%
55 to 64	26.8%	19.4%
65 to 74	14.1%	18.0%
75 and over	9.7%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Roscommon	St. Helen
White (non-Hispanic)	86.7%	90.1%
Black or African American	1.1%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.7%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Roscommon	St. Helen
No high school diploma	6.0%	16.0%
High school graduate	23.9%	40.1%
Some college or associate's	57.7%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Roscommon	St. Helen
Drove alone	74.1%	79.4%
Carpooled	9.4%	11.4%
Public transit	2.3%	0.0%
Walked	8.8%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.9%
Worked from home	4.8%	2.5%
Other means	0.6%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Roscommon	St. Helen
1-unit, detached	70.0%	92.1%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	17.5%	0.2%
20 or more units	4.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Roscommon	St. Helen
Poverty rate	11.6%	25.8%
Average household size	1.84	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	18	29
Median year structure built	1969	1972