Helper vs Price

A side-by-side comparison of Helper and Price: population, income, housing, and more.

Helper and Price are places in Utah. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Price has the higher population (8,216 vs 2,680 in Helper). Helper has the higher median household income ($61,908 vs $46,947 in Price). Helper has the higher median home value ($207,700 vs $189,800 in Price).

Population, income & housing

	Helper	Price
Population	2,680	8,216
Median age	43.2 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$61,908	$46,947
Median home value	$207,700	$189,800
Median gross rent	$843	$796
Housing units	1,273	3,588
Homeownership rate	76.2%	61.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Helper	Price
Population	2,239 → 2,680 (+19.7%)	8,265 → 8,216 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$56,111 → $61,908 (+10.3%)	$45,730 → $46,947 (+2.7%)
Median home value	$125,300 → $207,700 (+65.8%)	$144,700 → $189,800 (+31.2%)
Median gross rent	$697 → $843 (+20.9%)	$668 → $796 (+19.2%)

Helper

Population

2,2392,680

Median household income

$56,111$61,908

Median home value

$125,300$207,700

Median gross rent

$697$843

Price

Population

8,2658,216

Median household income

$45,730$46,947

Median home value

$144,700$189,800

Median gross rent

$668$796

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Helper	Price
Under 5	4.8%	7.1%
5 to 17	18.5%	18.9%
18 to 24	5.6%	10.4%
25 to 34	9.5%	11.6%
35 to 44	15.7%	12.4%
45 to 54	9.9%	10.6%
55 to 64	16.9%	12.0%
65 to 74	10.9%	10.7%
75 and over	8.2%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Helper	Price
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	76.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.6%
Some other race	1.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.9%	17.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Helper	Price
No high school diploma	5.6%	8.0%
High school graduate	33.5%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	41.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Helper	Price
Drove alone	79.1%	73.6%
Carpooled	13.3%	15.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	1.3%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	6.3%	5.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Helper	Price
1-unit, detached	88.8%	68.8%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	11.4%
20 or more units	3.4%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Helper	Price
Poverty rate	13.9%	16.8%
Average household size	2.37	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	28	16
Median year structure built	1942	1972