Helena vs Helena Valley Northeast

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

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

Helena has the higher population (33,126 vs 4,398 in Helena Valley Northeast). Helena Valley Northeast has the higher median household income ($137,724 vs $69,341 in Helena). Helena Valley Northeast has the higher median home value ($462,400 vs $355,100 in Helena).

Population, income & housing

	Helena	Helena Valley Northeast
Population	33,126	4,398
Median age	40.4 yrs	47.8 yrs
Median household income	$69,341	$137,724
Median home value	$355,100	$462,400
Median gross rent	$1,058	$1,221
Housing units	16,574	1,660
Homeownership rate	53.8%	95.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.4%	47.0%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Helena	Helena Valley Northeast
Population	32,024 → 33,126 (+3.4%)	3,557 → 4,398 (+23.6%)
Median household income	$61,324 → $69,341 (+13.1%)	$96,146 → $137,724 (+43.2%)
Median home value	$244,300 → $355,100 (+45.4%)	$356,100 → $462,400 (+29.9%)
Median gross rent	$820 → $1,058 (+29.0%)	$677 → $1,221 (+80.4%)

Helena

Population

32,02433,126

Median household income

$61,324$69,341

Median home value

$244,300$355,100

Median gross rent

$820$1,058

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

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Helena	Helena Valley Northeast
Under 5	4.6%	3.9%
5 to 17	14.3%	13.1%
18 to 24	10.0%	6.8%
25 to 34	14.1%	8.4%
35 to 44	12.5%	13.5%
45 to 54	10.7%	16.1%
55 to 64	12.6%	15.8%
65 to 74	11.9%	13.5%
75 and over	9.3%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Helena	Helena Valley Northeast
White (non-Hispanic)	87.2%	90.7%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.6%
Asian	0.9%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Helena	Helena Valley Northeast
No high school diploma	3.9%	8.9%
High school graduate	19.4%	18.6%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	31.7%	31.4%
Graduate or professional degree	18.7%	15.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Helena	Helena Valley Northeast
Drove alone	65.4%	73.8%
Carpooled	8.5%	10.5%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	8.3%	0.5%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.0%	14.5%
Other means	1.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Helena	Helena Valley Northeast
1-unit, detached	52.4%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	20.8%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.4%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Helena	Helena Valley Northeast
Poverty rate	9.1%	6.3%
Average household size	2.05	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	14	22
Median year structure built	1975	1995