Helena Valley Southeast vs Helena West Side

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

Helena Valley Southeast 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 Southeast has the higher population (9,533 vs 1,584 in Helena West Side). Helena West Side has the higher median household income ($67,692 vs $63,824 in Helena Valley Southeast). Helena West Side has the higher median home value ($411,800 vs $308,000 in Helena Valley Southeast).

Population, income & housing

	Helena Valley Southeast	Helena West Side
Population	9,533	1,584
Median age	38.2 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$63,824	$67,692
Median home value	$308,000	$411,800
Median gross rent	$1,231	$781
Housing units	3,795	633
Homeownership rate	82.4%	83.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	48.3%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Helena Valley Southeast	Helena West Side
Population	8,448 → 9,533 (+12.8%)	1,039 → 1,584 (+52.5%)
Median household income	$54,583 → $63,824 (+16.9%)	$58,333 → $67,692 (+16.0%)
Median home value	$210,400 → $308,000 (+46.4%)	$208,700 → $411,800 (+97.3%)
Median gross rent	$854 → $1,231 (+44.1%)	$1,090 → $781 (-28.3%)

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 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 Southeast	Helena West Side
Under 5	5.8%	14.5%
5 to 17	22.4%	12.9%
18 to 24	5.9%	8.3%
25 to 34	11.0%	13.7%
35 to 44	16.4%	8.1%
45 to 54	9.9%	18.9%
55 to 64	13.4%	14.6%
65 to 74	12.3%	7.1%
75 and over	3.0%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Helena Valley Southeast	Helena West Side
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	86.4%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	8.5%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Helena Valley Southeast	Helena West Side
No high school diploma	9.7%	9.9%
High school graduate	36.3%	13.1%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	31.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	16.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Helena Valley Southeast	Helena West Side
Drove alone	75.3%	71.4%
Carpooled	14.6%	10.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	5.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	8.5%
Worked from home	8.9%	3.8%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Helena Valley Southeast	Helena West Side
1-unit, detached	57.8%	67.6%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	37.8%	30.5%

Poverty & households

	Helena Valley Southeast	Helena West Side
Poverty rate	13.9%	4.0%
Average household size	2.59	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1987	1977