Helena.
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Montana·Lewis and Clark County
9 tracts·21K people·$387K median·1,227/mi²
White 86 · Multiracial 5 · Hispanic 5 · Other 2 · Black 1 · Asian 1
Living alone 44 · Married couple 36 · Other 20
Health 27 · Professional 19 · Public admin 17 · Retail 13 · Leisure 11 · Manufacturing 8 · Other 5
Management · business · science · arts 58 · Sales · office 15 · Service 14 · Production · transport 6 · Construction · maintenance 6
Drive alone 64 · Carpool 18 · Work from home 18 · Walk 5 · Bike 1 · Transit 0
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Rep-tract reading · FEMA National Risk Index, national ranks 0–100; the tick is the national median
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The median home value in Helena is $387,300 (Census ACS) — 0.8× the US median of $458,812.
Helena has 33,639 residents across 5 census tracts and 6 named neighborhoods (Census ACS).
The median age is 40.5; the population is 86.4% White, 5.3% Multiracial, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 2.3% Other, 0.8% Black and 0.5% Asian; the average household has 2.0 people; 50.6% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 8.8% (Census ACS).
Jefferson School (71%), Hawthorne School (56%) and Central School (54%) lead the elementary schools; C R Anderson Middle Schl (46%) and Helena Middle School (44%) lead the middle schools; Capital High School (0%) and Helena High School (0%) lead the high schools. Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $1,092/month, 31% below the US median (Census ACS).
The median household income in Helena is $71,036 a year, 17% below the US median (Census ACS).
In Helena, median rent is $1,092/month and the median home value is $387,300 (Census ACS).
Helena reported 6.8 violent crimes and 29.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 2023).
Summer highs average 82°F; winter lows average 15°F; there are 50 comfortable days a year; annual rainfall is 11 inches (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Helena are winter weather (99), cold wave (96) and earthquake (73), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.21g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
In Helena, 5.4% of workers walk to work (Census ACS).