Helena Valley Northwest vs Helena West Side

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

Helena Valley Northwest 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 Northwest has the higher population (5,070 vs 1,584 in Helena West Side). Helena Valley Northwest has the higher median household income ($101,278 vs $67,692 in Helena West Side). Helena West Side has the higher median home value ($411,800 vs $358,600 in Helena Valley Northwest).

Population, income & housing

	Helena Valley Northwest	Helena West Side
Population	5,070	1,584
Median age	35.8 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$101,278	$67,692
Median home value	$358,600	$411,800
Median gross rent	$1,640	$781
Housing units	1,609	633
Homeownership rate	94.1%	83.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.9%	48.3%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Helena Valley Northwest	Helena West Side
Population	4,465 → 5,070 (+13.5%)	1,039 → 1,584 (+52.5%)
Median household income	$82,795 → $101,278 (+22.3%)	$58,333 → $67,692 (+16.0%)
Median home value	$250,100 → $358,600 (+43.4%)	$208,700 → $411,800 (+97.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,148 → $1,640 (+42.9%)	$1,090 → $781 (-28.3%)

Helena Valley Northwest

Population

4,4655,070

Median household income

$82,795$101,278

Median home value

$250,100$358,600

Median gross rent

$1,148$1,640

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 Northwest	Helena West Side
Under 5	8.0%	14.5%
5 to 17	21.8%	12.9%
18 to 24	3.4%	8.3%
25 to 34	16.0%	13.7%
35 to 44	15.1%	8.1%
45 to 54	10.3%	18.9%
55 to 64	12.9%	14.6%
65 to 74	7.7%	7.1%
75 and over	4.8%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Helena Valley Northwest	Helena West Side
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	86.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	8.5%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Helena Valley Northwest	Helena West Side
No high school diploma	4.0%	9.9%
High school graduate	31.4%	13.1%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	31.2%	31.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	16.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Helena Valley Northwest	Helena West Side
Drove alone	66.2%	71.4%
Carpooled	25.9%	10.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	5.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	8.5%
Worked from home	6.2%	3.8%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Helena Valley Northwest	Helena West Side
1-unit, detached	95.6%	67.6%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	30.5%

Poverty & households

	Helena Valley Northwest	Helena West Side
Poverty rate	2.5%	4.0%
Average household size	3.17	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	2003	1977