Helper vs West Wood

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

Helper and West Wood 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 833 in West Wood). West Wood has the higher median household income ($78,889 vs $61,908 in Helper). West Wood has the higher median home value ($419,500 vs $207,700 in Helper).

Population, income & housing

	Helper	West Wood
Population	2,680	833
Median age	43.2 yrs	30.2 yrs
Median household income	$61,908	$78,889
Median home value	$207,700	$419,500
Median gross rent	$843	—
Housing units	1,273	291
Homeownership rate	76.2%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	37.1%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Helper	West Wood
Population	2,239 → 2,680 (+19.7%)	694 → 833 (+20.0%)
Median household income	$56,111 → $61,908 (+10.3%)	$69,886 → $78,889 (+12.9%)
Median home value	$125,300 → $207,700 (+65.8%)	$209,300 → $419,500 (+100.4%)
Median gross rent	$697 → $843 (+20.9%)	—

Helper

Population

2,2392,680

Median household income

$56,111$61,908

Median home value

$125,300$207,700

Median gross rent

$697$843

West Wood

Population

694833

Median household income

$69,886$78,889

Median home value

$209,300$419,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Helper	West Wood
Under 5	4.8%	11.6%
5 to 17	18.5%	30.5%
18 to 24	5.6%	6.5%
25 to 34	9.5%	10.3%
35 to 44	15.7%	9.1%
45 to 54	9.9%	11.8%
55 to 64	16.9%	6.5%
65 to 74	10.9%	9.1%
75 and over	8.2%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Helper	West Wood
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	95.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.9%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Helper	West Wood
No high school diploma	5.6%	2.1%
High school graduate	33.5%	6.3%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	54.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	25.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Helper	West Wood
Drove alone	79.1%	63.5%
Carpooled	13.3%	32.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	3.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Helper	West Wood
1-unit, detached	88.8%	84.2%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	10.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Helper	West Wood
Poverty rate	13.9%	23.2%
Average household size	2.37	3.28
Mean commute (minutes)	28	33
Median year structure built	1942	1993