Rainier vs St. Helens

A side-by-side comparison of Rainier and St. Helens: population, income, housing, and more.

Rainier and St. Helens are places in Oregon. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

St. Helens has the higher population (14,152 vs 1,859 in Rainier). St. Helens has the higher median household income ($82,123 vs $62,847 in Rainier). St. Helens has the higher median home value ($350,900 vs $310,200 in Rainier).

Population, income & housing

	Rainier	St. Helens
Population	1,859	14,152
Median age	36.6 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$62,847	$82,123
Median home value	$310,200	$350,900
Median gross rent	$866	$1,269
Housing units	835	5,563
Homeownership rate	50.2%	62.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rainier	St. Helens
Population	2,113 → 1,859 (-12.0%)	13,559 → 14,152 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$50,793 → $62,847 (+23.7%)	$51,199 → $82,123 (+60.4%)
Median home value	$187,800 → $310,200 (+65.2%)	$228,500 → $350,900 (+53.6%)
Median gross rent	$737 → $866 (+17.5%)	$901 → $1,269 (+40.8%)

Rainier

Population

2,1131,859

Median household income

$50,793$62,847

Median home value

$187,800$310,200

Median gross rent

$737$866

St. Helens

Population

13,55914,152

Median household income

$51,199$82,123

Median home value

$228,500$350,900

Median gross rent

$901$1,269

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rainier	St. Helens
Under 5	5.4%	6.6%
5 to 17	16.2%	16.2%
18 to 24	2.6%	8.9%
25 to 34	22.2%	16.0%
35 to 44	9.4%	12.6%
45 to 54	6.1%	11.5%
55 to 64	13.4%	13.5%
65 to 74	16.4%	8.6%
75 and over	8.4%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rainier	St. Helens
White (non-Hispanic)	83.2%	81.7%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.8%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	6.7%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rainier	St. Helens
No high school diploma	9.5%	9.4%
High school graduate	36.6%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rainier	St. Helens
Drove alone	64.7%	69.4%
Carpooled	14.5%	19.7%
Public transit	0.3%	0.3%
Walked	8.1%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	12.4%	9.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rainier	St. Helens
1-unit, detached	54.1%	71.4%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	6.7%
2 to 4 units	23.5%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	2.7%
20 or more units	2.5%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	11.3%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Rainier	St. Helens
Poverty rate	21.4%	8.8%
Average household size	2.31	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	25	33
Median year structure built	1972	1986