Helena Valley Northeast vs Helena Valley Southeast

A side-by-side comparison of Helena Valley Northeast and Helena Valley Southeast: population, income, housing, and more.

Helena Valley Northeast and Helena Valley Southeast are places in Montana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Helena Valley Southeast has the higher population (9,533 vs 4,398 in Helena Valley Northeast). Helena Valley Northeast has the higher median household income ($137,724 vs $63,824 in Helena Valley Southeast). Helena Valley Northeast has the higher median home value ($462,400 vs $308,000 in Helena Valley Southeast).

Population, income & housing

	Helena Valley Northeast	Helena Valley Southeast
Population	4,398	9,533
Median age	47.8 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$137,724	$63,824
Median home value	$462,400	$308,000
Median gross rent	$1,221	$1,231
Housing units	1,660	3,795
Homeownership rate	95.7%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.0%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Helena Valley Northeast	Helena Valley Southeast
Population	3,557 → 4,398 (+23.6%)	8,448 → 9,533 (+12.8%)
Median household income	$96,146 → $137,724 (+43.2%)	$54,583 → $63,824 (+16.9%)
Median home value	$356,100 → $462,400 (+29.9%)	$210,400 → $308,000 (+46.4%)
Median gross rent	$677 → $1,221 (+80.4%)	$854 → $1,231 (+44.1%)

Helena Valley Northeast

Population

3,5574,398

Median household income

$96,146$137,724

Median home value

$356,100$462,400

Median gross rent

$677$1,221

Helena Valley Southeast

Population

8,4489,533

Median household income

$54,583$63,824

Median home value

$210,400$308,000

Median gross rent

$854$1,231

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Helena Valley Northeast	Helena Valley Southeast
Under 5	3.9%	5.8%
5 to 17	13.1%	22.4%
18 to 24	6.8%	5.9%
25 to 34	8.4%	11.0%
35 to 44	13.5%	16.4%
45 to 54	16.1%	9.9%
55 to 64	15.8%	13.4%
65 to 74	13.5%	12.3%
75 and over	8.8%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Helena Valley Northeast	Helena Valley Southeast
White (non-Hispanic)	90.7%	93.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.2%
Asian	1.1%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.6%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Helena Valley Northeast	Helena Valley Southeast
No high school diploma	8.9%	9.7%
High school graduate	18.6%	36.3%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	31.4%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	15.6%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Helena Valley Northeast	Helena Valley Southeast
Drove alone	73.8%	75.3%
Carpooled	10.5%	14.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.5%	8.9%
Other means	0.7%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Helena Valley Northeast	Helena Valley Southeast
1-unit, detached	89.9%	57.8%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	37.8%

Poverty & households

	Helena Valley Northeast	Helena Valley Southeast
Poverty rate	6.3%	13.9%
Average household size	2.78	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	22	19
Median year structure built	1995	1987