Helena Valley Northeast vs Helena West Side

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

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

Helena Valley Northeast has the higher population (4,398 vs 1,584 in Helena West Side). Helena Valley Northeast has the higher median household income ($137,724 vs $67,692 in Helena West Side). Helena Valley Northeast has the higher median home value ($462,400 vs $411,800 in Helena West Side).

Population, income & housing

	Helena Valley Northeast	Helena West Side
Population	4,398	1,584
Median age	47.8 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$137,724	$67,692
Median home value	$462,400	$411,800
Median gross rent	$1,221	$781
Housing units	1,660	633
Homeownership rate	95.7%	83.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.0%	48.3%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Helena Valley Northeast	Helena West Side
Population	3,557 → 4,398 (+23.6%)	1,039 → 1,584 (+52.5%)
Median household income	$96,146 → $137,724 (+43.2%)	$58,333 → $67,692 (+16.0%)
Median home value	$356,100 → $462,400 (+29.9%)	$208,700 → $411,800 (+97.3%)
Median gross rent	$677 → $1,221 (+80.4%)	$1,090 → $781 (-28.3%)

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 West Side

Population

1,0391,584

Median household income

$58,333$67,692

Median home value

$208,700$411,800

Median gross rent

$1,090$781

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Helena Valley Northeast	Helena West Side
Under 5	3.9%	14.5%
5 to 17	13.1%	12.9%
18 to 24	6.8%	8.3%
25 to 34	8.4%	13.7%
35 to 44	13.5%	8.1%
45 to 54	16.1%	18.9%
55 to 64	15.8%	14.6%
65 to 74	13.5%	7.1%
75 and over	8.8%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Helena Valley Northeast	Helena West Side
White (non-Hispanic)	90.7%	86.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	8.5%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Helena Valley Northeast	Helena West Side
No high school diploma	8.9%	9.9%
High school graduate	18.6%	13.1%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	31.4%	31.7%
Graduate or professional degree	15.6%	16.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Helena Valley Northeast	Helena West Side
Drove alone	73.8%	71.4%
Carpooled	10.5%	10.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	5.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	8.5%
Worked from home	14.5%	3.8%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Helena Valley Northeast	Helena West Side
1-unit, detached	89.9%	67.6%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	30.5%

Poverty & households

	Helena Valley Northeast	Helena West Side
Poverty rate	6.3%	4.0%
Average household size	2.78	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1995	1977