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Helena CDP, Mississippi: commercial real estate data.
Helena CDP is a Census CDP of 975 people across 4.19 square miles of land, in Jackson County. Median household income is $101,750, 91.8 percent of occupied homes are owned.
48 sourced place values · tier FULL · 6 sections · underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency
Helena
What Helena is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area4.19 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land233 plus or minus 61
- County holding the largest share of its areaJackson 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
How many people live in Helena
- Population975 plus or minus 256
- Median age54.6
- Population under 18109 plus or minus 52
- Share under 1811.2 percent plus or minus 4.4
- Population 65 and over233 plus or minus 94
- Share 65 and over23.9 percent plus or minus 7.3
- Households379 plus or minus 105
- Family households271 plus or minus 96
- Share of households that are families71.5 percent plus or minus 15.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Helena
Income and work in Helena
- Median household income$101,750 plus or minus $36,207
- Per capita income$41,929
- Civilian labor force604 plus or minus 224
- Employed594 plus or minus 222
- Unemployed10 plus or minus 15
- Unemployment rate1.7 percent plus or minus 2.4
- Adults 25 and over816 plus or minus 245
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher73.4 percent plus or minus 29.9
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher10.2 percent plus or minus 6.0
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree0.9 percent plus or minus 2.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Helena
Housing in Helena
- Housing units435 plus or minus 110
- Occupied units379 plus or minus 105
- Vacant units56 plus or minus 61
- Vacancy rate12.9 percent plus or minus 13.6
- Owner occupied348 plus or minus 97
- Renter occupied31 plus or minus 31
- Ownership rate91.8 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$189,600 plus or minus $61,776
- Single family units403 plus or minus 116
- Share single family92.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more0
- Share in buildings of two or more0.0 percent
- Mobile homes32 plus or minus 27
- Median year structure built1978
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Helena
How Helena gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute555 plus or minus 199
- Commuting under 15 minutes123 plus or minus 73
- Share commuting under 15 minutes22.2 percent plus or minus 10.5
- Commuting 30 minutes or more149 plus or minus 84
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more26.8 percent plus or minus 11.6
- Drove alone74.1 percent plus or minus 37.5
- Carpooled14.4 percent plus or minus 14.6
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home4.6 percent plus or minus 7.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Jackson County, not Helena
Jackson County context, not Helena figures
These are Jackson 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 measurements.
- Establishments in Jackson County2,358
- Employment at those establishments, Jackson County44,996
- Covered employment, Jackson County51,303
- Average annual pay, Jackson County$59,641
- Average weekly wage, Jackson County$1,147
- Housing units permitted, Jackson County516
- Of those, single family, Jackson County510
- County product, 2024, Jackson County$10,873,008,000
- County product change over the prior year, Jackson County3.2 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Jackson County$57,678
Every figure in this section is published for Jackson County as a whole and is not a measurement of 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.
- No median gross rent is published for this place.
- 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 questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Helena, Mississippi?
975, in 379 households. Helena CDP covers 4.19 square miles of land, which is 233 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Helena in?
Jackson 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?
$101,750. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $189,600. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Helena figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Jackson 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.
Is zoning published for Helena?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.