Helena vs Whitmire

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

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

Whitmire has the higher population (1,241 vs 571 in Helena). Helena has the higher median home value ($132,100 vs $51,900 in Whitmire). Since 2019, Helena's population has grown faster (-14.1% vs -17.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Helena	Whitmire
Population	571	1,241
Median age	49.2 yrs	49.5 yrs
Median household income	—	$32,188
Median home value	$132,100	$51,900
Median gross rent	$892	$783
Housing units	445	749
Homeownership rate	72.1%	77.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.5%	11.5%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Helena	Whitmire
Population	665 → 571 (-14.1%)	1,509 → 1,241 (-17.8%)
Median household income	—	$32,552 → $32,188 (-1.1%)
Median home value	$104,900 → $132,100 (+25.9%)	$37,900 → $51,900 (+36.9%)
Median gross rent	$879 → $892 (+1.5%)	$802 → $783 (-2.4%)

Helena

Population

665571

Median home value

$104,900$132,100

Median gross rent

$879$892

Whitmire

Population

1,5091,241

Median household income

$32,552$32,188

Median home value

$37,900$51,900

Median gross rent

$802$783

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Helena	Whitmire
Under 5	0.0%	6.2%
5 to 17	14.5%	9.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.0%
25 to 34	7.2%	9.8%
35 to 44	18.7%	11.0%
45 to 54	15.4%	11.0%
55 to 64	22.6%	22.2%
65 to 74	16.1%	11.7%
75 and over	5.4%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Helena	Whitmire
White (non-Hispanic)	0.2%	70.2%
Black or African American	99.1%	19.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.2%
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%	8.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Helena	Whitmire
No high school diploma	23.0%	19.8%
High school graduate	26.2%	48.1%
Some college or associate's	20.3%	20.6%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Helena	Whitmire
Drove alone	91.1%	73.1%
Carpooled	6.8%	17.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	5.6%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.9%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Helena	Whitmire
1-unit, detached	88.5%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	8.1%	10.7%

Poverty & households

	Helena	Whitmire
Poverty rate	20.5%	26.0%
Average household size	1.75	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	14	32
Median year structure built	1991	1956