Helena vs Helena Valley Southeast

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

Helena and Helena Valley Southeast 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 9,533 in Helena Valley Southeast). Helena has the higher median household income ($69,341 vs $63,824 in Helena Valley Southeast). Helena has the higher median home value ($355,100 vs $308,000 in Helena Valley Southeast).

Population, income & housing

	Helena	Helena Valley Southeast
Population	33,126	9,533
Median age	40.4 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$69,341	$63,824
Median home value	$355,100	$308,000
Median gross rent	$1,058	$1,231
Housing units	16,574	3,795
Homeownership rate	53.8%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.4%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Helena	Helena Valley Southeast
Population	32,024 → 33,126 (+3.4%)	8,448 → 9,533 (+12.8%)
Median household income	$61,324 → $69,341 (+13.1%)	$54,583 → $63,824 (+16.9%)
Median home value	$244,300 → $355,100 (+45.4%)	$210,400 → $308,000 (+46.4%)
Median gross rent	$820 → $1,058 (+29.0%)	$854 → $1,231 (+44.1%)

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 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

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Helena	Helena Valley Southeast
Under 5	4.6%	5.8%
5 to 17	14.3%	22.4%
18 to 24	10.0%	5.9%
25 to 34	14.1%	11.0%
35 to 44	12.5%	16.4%
45 to 54	10.7%	9.9%
55 to 64	12.6%	13.4%
65 to 74	11.9%	12.3%
75 and over	9.3%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Helena	Helena Valley Southeast
White (non-Hispanic)	87.2%	93.2%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.9%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.1%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Helena	Helena Valley Southeast
No high school diploma	3.9%	9.7%
High school graduate	19.4%	36.3%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	31.7%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	18.7%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Helena	Helena Valley Southeast
Drove alone	65.4%	75.3%
Carpooled	8.5%	14.6%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	8.3%	0.4%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.0%	8.9%
Other means	1.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Helena	Helena Valley Southeast
1-unit, detached	52.4%	57.8%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	20.8%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	37.8%

Poverty & households

	Helena	Helena Valley Southeast
Poverty rate	9.1%	13.9%
Average household size	2.05	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	14	19
Median year structure built	1975	1987