Long Creek vs St. Helena

A side-by-side comparison of Long Creek and St. Helena: population, income, housing, and more.

Long Creek and St. Helena are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

St. Helena has the higher population (580 vs 209 in Long Creek). Since 2019, Long Creek's population has grown faster (+111.1% vs +45.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Long Creek	St. Helena
Population	209	580
Median age	52.3 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$77,000
Median home value	—	$209,200
Median gross rent	—	$1,661
Housing units	146	223
Homeownership rate	100.0%	84.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	26.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Long Creek	St. Helena
Population	99 → 209 (+111.1%)	399 → 580 (+45.4%)
Median household income	—	$63,281 → $77,000 (+21.7%)
Median home value	$63,900 → $61,700 (-3.4%)	$178,400 → $209,200 (+17.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$725 → $1,661 (+129.1%)

Long Creek

Population

99209

Median home value

$63,900$61,700

St. Helena

Population

399580

Median household income

$63,281$77,000

Median home value

$178,400$209,200

Median gross rent

$725$1,661

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Long Creek	St. Helena
Under 5	0.0%	5.7%
5 to 17	10.0%	12.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	13.1%
25 to 34	0.0%	9.7%
35 to 44	25.8%	3.4%
45 to 54	19.1%	19.5%
55 to 64	18.2%	17.1%
65 to 74	26.8%	13.8%
75 and over	0.0%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Long Creek	St. Helena
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	61.2%
Black or African American	4.8%	15.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	7.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	11.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Long Creek	St. Helena
No high school diploma	11.7%	12.0%
High school graduate	53.7%	29.3%
Some college or associate's	19.7%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Long Creek	St. Helena
Drove alone	100.0%	78.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	15.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Long Creek	St. Helena
1-unit, detached	65.8%	83.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	34.2%	13.5%

Poverty & households

	Long Creek	St. Helena
Poverty rate	21.5%	23.9%
Average household size	3.12	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1968	1984