Escatawpa vs Helena

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

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

Escatawpa has the higher population (3,626 vs 856 in Helena). Helena has the higher median household income ($83,929 vs $35,313 in Escatawpa). Helena has the higher median home value ($197,300 vs $89,800 in Escatawpa).

Population, income & housing

	Escatawpa	Helena
Population	3,626	856
Median age	50.3 yrs	55.5 yrs
Median household income	$35,313	$83,929
Median home value	$89,800	$197,300
Median gross rent	$1,318	—
Housing units	1,841	379
Homeownership rate	77.6%	85.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.9%	8.0%
Unemployment rate	20.1%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Escatawpa	Helena
Population	2,257 → 3,626 (+60.7%)	1,190 → 856 (-28.1%)
Median household income	$38,242 → $35,313 (-7.7%)	$33,728 → $83,929 (+148.8%)
Median home value	$88,600 → $89,800 (+1.4%)	$103,500 → $197,300 (+90.6%)
Median gross rent	$654 → $1,318 (+101.5%)	—

Escatawpa

Population

2,2573,626

Median household income

$38,242$35,313

Median home value

$88,600$89,800

Median gross rent

$654$1,318

Helena

Population

1,190856

Median household income

$33,728$83,929

Median home value

$103,500$197,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Escatawpa	Helena
Under 5	5.2%	4.8%
5 to 17	9.5%	8.8%
18 to 24	4.4%	1.3%
25 to 34	13.5%	18.7%
35 to 44	8.1%	5.5%
45 to 54	14.9%	5.0%
55 to 64	16.2%	29.2%
65 to 74	8.8%	12.9%
75 and over	19.2%	13.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Escatawpa	Helena
White (non-Hispanic)	71.6%	84.6%
Black or African American	22.1%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	13.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Escatawpa	Helena
No high school diploma	19.9%	24.6%
High school graduate	51.0%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	18.2%	39.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Escatawpa	Helena
Drove alone	77.1%	86.1%
Carpooled	15.7%	2.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.2%	6.3%
Other means	6.0%	5.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Escatawpa	Helena
1-unit, detached	86.9%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	16.6%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Escatawpa	Helena
Poverty rate	21.0%	9.6%
Average household size	2.21	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	24	33
Median year structure built	1974	1976