Helper vs Wellington

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

Helper and Wellington 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 1,526 in Wellington). Helper has the higher median household income ($61,908 vs $58,807 in Wellington). Helper has the higher median home value ($207,700 vs $173,100 in Wellington).

Population, income & housing

	Helper	Wellington
Population	2,680	1,526
Median age	43.2 yrs	34.1 yrs
Median household income	$61,908	$58,807
Median home value	$207,700	$173,100
Median gross rent	$843	$868
Housing units	1,273	691
Homeownership rate	76.2%	59.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Helper	Wellington
Population	2,239 → 2,680 (+19.7%)	1,428 → 1,526 (+6.9%)
Median household income	$56,111 → $61,908 (+10.3%)	$47,880 → $58,807 (+22.8%)
Median home value	$125,300 → $207,700 (+65.8%)	$122,500 → $173,100 (+41.3%)
Median gross rent	$697 → $843 (+20.9%)	$700 → $868 (+24.0%)

Helper

Population

2,2392,680

Median household income

$56,111$61,908

Median home value

$125,300$207,700

Median gross rent

$697$843

Wellington

Population

1,4281,526

Median household income

$47,880$58,807

Median home value

$122,500$173,100

Median gross rent

$700$868

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Helper	Wellington
Under 5	4.8%	9.3%
5 to 17	18.5%	14.6%
18 to 24	5.6%	10.6%
25 to 34	9.5%	16.1%
35 to 44	15.7%	11.9%
45 to 54	9.9%	8.3%
55 to 64	16.9%	7.5%
65 to 74	10.9%	14.0%
75 and over	8.2%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Helper	Wellington
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	86.0%
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%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.9%	12.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Helper	Wellington
No high school diploma	5.6%	9.7%
High school graduate	33.5%	41.0%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Helper	Wellington
Drove alone	79.1%	72.1%
Carpooled	13.3%	10.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	15.1%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Helper	Wellington
1-unit, detached	88.8%	59.5%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.3%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	5.4%
20 or more units	3.4%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	19.8%

Poverty & households

	Helper	Wellington
Poverty rate	13.9%	19.2%
Average household size	2.37	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	28	15
Median year structure built	1942	1978