Carmen vs Helena

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

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

Helena has the higher population (1,487 vs 377 in Carmen). Helena has the higher median household income ($64,286 vs $49,375 in Carmen). Helena has the higher median home value ($80,500 vs $47,500 in Carmen).

Population, income & housing

	Carmen	Helena
Population	377	1,487
Median age	33.6 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$49,375	$64,286
Median home value	$47,500	$80,500
Median gross rent	$645	$568
Housing units	199	174
Homeownership rate	66.4%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	3.8%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	10.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carmen	Helena
Population	426 → 377 (-11.5%)	1,423 → 1,487 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$49,750 → $49,375 (-0.8%)	$73,359 → $64,286 (-12.4%)
Median home value	$47,900 → $47,500 (-0.8%)	$73,600 → $80,500 (+9.4%)
Median gross rent	$843 → $645 (-23.5%)	$625 → $568 (-9.1%)

Carmen

Population

426377

Median household income

$49,750$49,375

Median home value

$47,900$47,500

Median gross rent

$843$645

Helena

Population

1,4231,487

Median household income

$73,359$64,286

Median home value

$73,600$80,500

Median gross rent

$625$568

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carmen	Helena
Under 5	12.2%	1.0%
5 to 17	19.1%	3.6%
18 to 24	2.7%	0.7%
25 to 34	19.4%	3.9%
35 to 44	11.1%	35.4%
45 to 54	9.8%	22.4%
55 to 64	14.3%	17.6%
65 to 74	5.3%	11.0%
75 and over	6.1%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carmen	Helena
White (non-Hispanic)	91.5%	56.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	12.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	9.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	13.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carmen	Helena
No high school diploma	13.7%	23.7%
High school graduate	47.0%	41.3%
Some college or associate's	21.3%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	2.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carmen	Helena
Drove alone	87.7%	60.5%
Carpooled	11.7%	15.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.7%
Walked	0.6%	19.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carmen	Helena
1-unit, detached	89.9%	83.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.0%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Carmen	Helena
Poverty rate	36.9%	13.2%
Average household size	2.75	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1948	1963