Helena vs Little Mountain

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

Helena and Little Mountain are places in South Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Helena has the higher population (571 vs 446 in Little Mountain). Little Mountain has the higher median home value ($266,700 vs $132,100 in Helena). Since 2019, Little Mountain's population has grown faster (+53.8% vs -14.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Helena	Little Mountain
Population	571	446
Median age	49.2 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$90,893
Median home value	$132,100	$266,700
Median gross rent	$892	—
Housing units	445	215
Homeownership rate	72.1%	82.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.5%	34.7%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Helena	Little Mountain
Population	665 → 571 (-14.1%)	290 → 446 (+53.8%)
Median household income	—	$71,875 → $90,893 (+26.5%)
Median home value	$104,900 → $132,100 (+25.9%)	$203,300 → $266,700 (+31.2%)
Median gross rent	$879 → $892 (+1.5%)	$925 → $732 (-20.9%)

Helena

Population

665571

Median home value

$104,900$132,100

Median gross rent

$879$892

Little Mountain

Population

290446

Median household income

$71,875$90,893

Median home value

$203,300$266,700

Median gross rent

$925$732

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Helena	Little Mountain
Under 5	0.0%	7.0%
5 to 17	14.5%	16.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.2%
25 to 34	7.2%	10.8%
35 to 44	18.7%	16.1%
45 to 54	15.4%	13.9%
55 to 64	22.6%	8.5%
65 to 74	16.1%	9.2%
75 and over	5.4%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Helena	Little Mountain
White (non-Hispanic)	0.2%	82.7%
Black or African American	99.1%	10.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Helena	Little Mountain
No high school diploma	23.0%	1.3%
High school graduate	26.2%	26.3%
Some college or associate's	20.3%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	23.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Helena	Little Mountain
Drove alone	91.1%	78.5%
Carpooled	6.8%	2.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	13.7%
Other means	2.1%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Helena	Little Mountain
1-unit, detached	88.5%	82.8%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.1%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Helena	Little Mountain
Poverty rate	20.5%	13.5%
Average household size	1.75	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	14	25
Median year structure built	1991	1981