Gopher Flats vs Helix

A side-by-side comparison of Gopher Flats and Helix: population, income, housing, and more.

Gopher Flats and Helix are places in Oregon. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Helix has the higher population (415 vs 383 in Gopher Flats). Helix has the higher median household income ($185,153 vs $81,250 in Gopher Flats). Gopher Flats has the higher median home value ($250,000 vs $228,400 in Helix).

Population, income & housing

	Gopher Flats	Helix
Population	383	415
Median age	54.0 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$81,250	$185,153
Median home value	$250,000	$228,400
Median gross rent	$881	—
Housing units	180	209
Homeownership rate	62.7%	91.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	10.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gopher Flats	Helix
Population	395 → 383 (-3.0%)	121 → 415 (+243.0%)
Median household income	$48,125 → $81,250 (+68.8%)	$72,813 → $185,153 (+154.3%)
Median home value	$258,300 → $250,000 (-3.2%)	$131,900 → $228,400 (+73.2%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $881 (+21.5%)	$1,304 → $1,318 (+1.1%)

Gopher Flats

Population

395383

Median household income

$48,125$81,250

Median home value

$258,300$250,000

Median gross rent

$725$881

Helix

Population

121415

Median household income

$72,813$185,153

Median home value

$131,900$228,400

Median gross rent

$1,304$1,318

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gopher Flats	Helix
Under 5	2.1%	2.7%
5 to 17	9.9%	23.9%
18 to 24	4.2%	8.9%
25 to 34	16.4%	5.1%
35 to 44	7.3%	27.2%
45 to 54	11.5%	18.3%
55 to 64	23.0%	3.1%
65 to 74	17.8%	6.0%
75 and over	7.8%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gopher Flats	Helix
White (non-Hispanic)	67.6%	62.9%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	20.9%	0.7%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	34.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gopher Flats	Helix
No high school diploma	13.1%	2.6%
High school graduate	24.0%	66.4%
Some college or associate's	41.7%	20.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gopher Flats	Helix
Drove alone	53.2%	45.9%
Carpooled	31.6%	6.9%
Public transit	3.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.4%	41.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gopher Flats	Helix
1-unit, detached	38.3%	86.6%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	42.2%	13.4%

Poverty & households

	Gopher Flats	Helix
Poverty rate	16.4%	10.6%
Average household size	2.10	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	14	33
Median year structure built	1976	1938