Big Point vs Helena

A side-by-side comparison of Big Point and Helena: population, income, housing, and more.

Big Point and Helena are places in Mississippi. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Big Point has the higher population (860 vs 856 in Helena). Big Point has the higher median household income ($114,067 vs $83,929 in Helena). Helena has the higher median home value ($197,300 vs $168,800 in Big Point).

Population, income & housing

	Big Point	Helena
Population	860	856
Median age	44.5 yrs	55.5 yrs
Median household income	$114,067	$83,929
Median home value	$168,800	$197,300
Housing units	322	379
Homeownership rate	92.4%	85.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	8.0%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Point	Helena
Population	925 → 860 (-7.0%)	1,190 → 856 (-28.1%)
Median household income	$67,204 → $114,067 (+69.7%)	$33,728 → $83,929 (+148.8%)
Median home value	$200,400 → $168,800 (-15.8%)	$103,500 → $197,300 (+90.6%)

Big Point

Population

925860

Median household income

$67,204$114,067

Median home value

$200,400$168,800

Helena

Population

1,190856

Median household income

$33,728$83,929

Median home value

$103,500$197,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Point	Helena
Under 5	4.1%	4.8%
5 to 17	7.1%	8.8%
18 to 24	18.7%	1.3%
25 to 34	19.2%	18.7%
35 to 44	2.0%	5.5%
45 to 54	15.1%	5.0%
55 to 64	33.8%	29.2%
65 to 74	0.0%	12.9%
75 and over	0.0%	13.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Point	Helena
White (non-Hispanic)	97.8%	84.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	13.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Point	Helena
No high school diploma	12.9%	24.6%
High school graduate	50.9%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	39.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Point	Helena
Drove alone	67.8%	86.1%
Carpooled	32.2%	2.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	5.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Point	Helena
1-unit, detached	80.7%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	16.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.3%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Big Point	Helena
Poverty rate	0.0%	9.6%
Average household size	2.99	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	29	33
Median year structure built	1996	1976