Helena Valley Northeast vs Lincoln

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

Helena Valley Northeast and Lincoln 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 868 in Lincoln). Helena Valley Northeast has the higher median household income ($137,724 vs $45,912 in Lincoln). Helena Valley Northeast has the higher median home value ($462,400 vs $286,200 in Lincoln).

Population, income & housing

	Helena Valley Northeast	Lincoln
Population	4,398	868
Median age	47.8 yrs	56.8 yrs
Median household income	$137,724	$45,912
Median home value	$462,400	$286,200
Median gross rent	$1,221	$764
Housing units	1,660	719
Homeownership rate	95.7%	85.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.0%	27.7%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Helena Valley Northeast	Lincoln
Population	3,557 → 4,398 (+23.6%)	857 → 868 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$96,146 → $137,724 (+43.2%)	$32,538 → $45,912 (+41.1%)
Median home value	$356,100 → $462,400 (+29.9%)	$164,400 → $286,200 (+74.1%)
Median gross rent	$677 → $1,221 (+80.4%)	$664 → $764 (+15.1%)

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

Lincoln

Population

857868

Median household income

$32,538$45,912

Median home value

$164,400$286,200

Median gross rent

$664$764

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Helena Valley Northeast	Lincoln
Under 5	3.9%	1.8%
5 to 17	13.1%	4.7%
18 to 24	6.8%	6.2%
25 to 34	8.4%	12.2%
35 to 44	13.5%	7.5%
45 to 54	16.1%	9.8%
55 to 64	15.8%	27.6%
65 to 74	13.5%	17.1%
75 and over	8.8%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Helena Valley Northeast	Lincoln
White (non-Hispanic)	90.7%	94.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
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%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Helena Valley Northeast	Lincoln
No high school diploma	8.9%	5.4%
High school graduate	18.6%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree	31.4%	24.7%
Graduate or professional degree	15.6%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Helena Valley Northeast	Lincoln
Drove alone	73.8%	60.0%
Carpooled	10.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	0.5%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.5%	37.4%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Helena Valley Northeast	Lincoln
1-unit, detached	89.9%	77.9%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	17.1%

Poverty & households

	Helena Valley Northeast	Lincoln
Poverty rate	6.3%	4.6%
Average household size	2.78	1.91
Mean commute (minutes)	22	11
Median year structure built	1995	1976