Helena Valley Southeast vs Helena Valley West Central

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

Helena Valley Southeast and Helena Valley West Central 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 8,224 in Helena Valley West Central). Helena Valley West Central has the higher median household income ($89,040 vs $63,824 in Helena Valley Southeast). Helena Valley West Central has the higher median home value ($352,800 vs $308,000 in Helena Valley Southeast).

Population, income & housing

	Helena Valley Southeast	Helena Valley West Central
Population	9,533	8,224
Median age	38.2 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$63,824	$89,040
Median home value	$308,000	$352,800
Median gross rent	$1,231	$1,225
Housing units	3,795	2,967
Homeownership rate	82.4%	82.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	39.7%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Helena Valley Southeast	Helena Valley West Central
Population	8,448 → 9,533 (+12.8%)	8,082 → 8,224 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$54,583 → $63,824 (+16.9%)	$72,931 → $89,040 (+22.1%)
Median home value	$210,400 → $308,000 (+46.4%)	$238,500 → $352,800 (+47.9%)
Median gross rent	$854 → $1,231 (+44.1%)	$1,007 → $1,225 (+21.6%)

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

Helena Valley West Central

Population

8,0828,224

Median household income

$72,931$89,040

Median home value

$238,500$352,800

Median gross rent

$1,007$1,225

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Helena Valley Southeast	Helena Valley West Central
Under 5	5.8%	5.7%
5 to 17	22.4%	19.8%
18 to 24	5.9%	5.9%
25 to 34	11.0%	9.7%
35 to 44	16.4%	15.5%
45 to 54	9.9%	10.8%
55 to 64	13.4%	12.9%
65 to 74	12.3%	13.4%
75 and over	3.0%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Helena Valley Southeast	Helena Valley West Central
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	87.8%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.6%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.9%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Helena Valley Southeast	Helena Valley West Central
No high school diploma	9.7%	3.7%
High school graduate	36.3%	24.5%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	25.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	14.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Helena Valley Southeast	Helena Valley West Central
Drove alone	75.3%	78.8%
Carpooled	14.6%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.4%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	10.3%
Other means	0.8%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Helena Valley Southeast	Helena Valley West Central
1-unit, detached	57.8%	81.9%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	37.8%	16.5%

Poverty & households

	Helena Valley Southeast	Helena Valley West Central
Poverty rate	13.9%	4.9%
Average household size	2.59	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	1987	1988