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Helena-West Helena city, Arkansas: commercial real estate data.
Helena-West Helena city is a Census city of 8,935 people across 13.11 square miles of land, in Phillips County. Median household income is $36,019, 42.0 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Helena-West Helena
What Helena-West Helena is
- Census place typecity
- Land area13.11 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land681
- County holding the largest share of its areaPhillips County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Helena-West Helena
How many people live in Helena-West Helena
- Population8,935
- Median age39.3
- Population under 182,502
- Share under 1828.0 percent
- Population 65 and over1,622
- Share 65 and over18.2 percent
- Households3,440
- Family households1,896
- Share of households that are families55.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Helena-West Helena
Income and work in Helena-West Helena
- Median household income$36,019 plus or minus $7,469
- Per capita income$18,871
- Civilian labor force3,188
- Employed2,625
- Unemployed563 plus or minus 232
- Unemployment rate17.7 percent plus or minus 7.0
- Adults 25 and over5,803
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher81.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher15.3 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree4.5 percent plus or minus 2.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Helena-West Helena
Housing in Helena-West Helena
- Housing units5,022
- Occupied units3,440
- Vacant units1,582
- Vacancy rate31.5 percent
- Owner occupied1,446
- Renter occupied1,994
- Ownership rate42.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$73,200 plus or minus $17,957
- Median gross rent, monthly$771
- Annual rent as a share of median income25.7 percent plus or minus 6.2
- Single family units3,583
- Share single family71.3 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,394 plus or minus 291
- Share in buildings of two or more27.8 percent plus or minus 5.7
- Mobile homes45 plus or minus 42
- Median year structure built1972
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Helena-West Helena
How Helena-West Helena gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,536
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,583 plus or minus 382
- Share commuting under 15 minutes62.4 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more628 plus or minus 197
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more24.8 percent plus or minus 6.7
- Drove alone69.4 percent
- Carpooled16.3 percent plus or minus 8.7
- Public transport1.4 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Walked3.7 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Worked from home3.6 percent plus or minus 2.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Phillips County, not Helena-West Helena
Phillips County context, not Helena-West Helena figures
These are Phillips County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Helena-West Helena measurements.
- Establishments in Phillips County329
- Employment at those establishments, Phillips County3,331
- Covered employment, Phillips County4,531
- Average annual pay, Phillips County$41,596
- Average weekly wage, Phillips County$800
- Housing units permitted, Phillips County16
- Of those, single family, Phillips County10
- County product, 2024, Phillips County$677,572,000
- County product change over the prior year, Phillips County-2.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Phillips County$26,296
Every figure in this section is published for Phillips County as a whole and is not a measurement of Helena-West Helena. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- No SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Helena-West Helena questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Helena-West Helena, Arkansas?
8,935, in 3,440 households. Helena-West Helena city covers 13.11 square miles of land, which is 681 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Helena-West Helena in?
Phillips County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Helena-West Helena?
$36,019. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $73,200. Median gross rent is $771 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Helena-West Helena figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Phillips County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Helena-West Helena.
Is zoning published for Helena-West Helena?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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