Helper vs Spring Glen

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

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

Helper has the higher population (2,680 vs 925 in Spring Glen). Helper has the higher median household income ($61,908 vs $36,864 in Spring Glen). Spring Glen has the higher median home value ($269,200 vs $207,700 in Helper).

Population, income & housing

	Helper	Spring Glen
Population	2,680	925
Median age	43.2 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$61,908	$36,864
Median home value	$207,700	$269,200
Median gross rent	$843	$768
Housing units	1,273	566
Homeownership rate	76.2%	47.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	18.2%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Helper	Spring Glen
Population	2,239 → 2,680 (+19.7%)	995 → 925 (-7.0%)
Median household income	$56,111 → $61,908 (+10.3%)	$59,135 → $36,864 (-37.7%)
Median home value	$125,300 → $207,700 (+65.8%)	$162,100 → $269,200 (+66.1%)
Median gross rent	$697 → $843 (+20.9%)	$608 → $768 (+26.3%)

Helper

Population

2,2392,680

Median household income

$56,111$61,908

Median home value

$125,300$207,700

Median gross rent

$697$843

Spring Glen

Population

995925

Median household income

$59,135$36,864

Median home value

$162,100$269,200

Median gross rent

$608$768

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Helper	Spring Glen
Under 5	4.8%	0.8%
5 to 17	18.5%	23.6%
18 to 24	5.6%	2.8%
25 to 34	9.5%	18.6%
35 to 44	15.7%	5.8%
45 to 54	9.9%	9.3%
55 to 64	16.9%	19.2%
65 to 74	10.9%	6.2%
75 and over	8.2%	13.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Helper	Spring Glen
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	87.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.9%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Helper	Spring Glen
No high school diploma	5.6%	14.5%
High school graduate	33.5%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Helper	Spring Glen
Drove alone	79.1%	89.5%
Carpooled	13.3%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Helper	Spring Glen
1-unit, detached	88.8%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Helper	Spring Glen
Poverty rate	13.9%	39.7%
Average household size	2.37	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	28	14
Median year structure built	1942	1953