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Helper city, Utah: commercial real estate data.
Helper city is a Census city of 2,698 people across 1.81 square miles of land, in Carbon County. Median household income is $56,875, 75.6 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 7 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $2.1 m.
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Helper
What Helper is
- Census place typecity
- Land area1.81 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,491
- County holding the largest share of its areaCarbon 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.
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How many people live in Helper
- Population2,698
- Median age44.4
- Population under 18540 plus or minus 140
- Share under 1820.0 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Population 65 and over542 plus or minus 126
- Share 65 and over20.1 percent
- Households1,177
- Family households774 plus or minus 155
- Share of households that are families65.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Helper
- Median household income$56,875 plus or minus $15,575
- Per capita income$30,906
- Civilian labor force1,307
- Employed1,223 plus or minus 244
- Unemployed84 plus or minus 46
- Unemployment rate6.4 percent plus or minus 3.3
- Adults 25 and over2,005
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher93.6 percent plus or minus 20.7
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher20.0 percent plus or minus 5.5
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree2.4 percent plus or minus 1.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Helper
- Housing units1,345
- Occupied units1,177
- Vacant units168 plus or minus 90
- Vacancy rate12.5 percent plus or minus 6.4
- Owner occupied890
- Renter occupied287 plus or minus 107
- Ownership rate75.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$209,800
- Median gross rent, monthly$846
- Annual rent as a share of median income17.8 percent plus or minus 5.3
- Single family units1,217
- Share single family90.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more78 plus or minus 57
- Share in buildings of two or more5.8 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Mobile homes50 plus or minus 38
- Median year structure built1941
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Helper gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,092 plus or minus 239
- Commuting under 15 minutes400 plus or minus 133
- Share commuting under 15 minutes36.6 percent plus or minus 9.2
- Commuting 30 minutes or more333 plus or minus 113
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more30.5 percent plus or minus 7.9
- Drove alone77.9 percent
- Carpooled12.7 percent plus or minus 5.5
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.9 percent plus or minus 2.2
- Worked from home7.5 percent plus or minus 4.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Helper (7(a))
- Approvals7
- Gross approval$2,084,500
- Average approval$297,786
- Median approval$150,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,000,000
- Largest approval$1,000,000
- Jobs supported113
- Jobs per approval16.1
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full2
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more28.6 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders5
- Distinct industries by NAICS5
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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SBA loans in Helper (504)
- Approvals4
- Gross approval$1,977,000
- Average approval$494,250
- Median approval$556,000
- Largest approval$853,000
- Jobs supported56
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Carbon County, not Helper
Carbon County context, not Helper figures
These are Carbon County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Helper measurements.
- Establishments in Carbon County495
- Employment at those establishments, Carbon County5,906
- Covered employment, Carbon County8,653
- Average annual pay, Carbon County$50,378
- Average weekly wage, Carbon County$969
- Housing units permitted, Carbon County196
- Of those, single family, Carbon County28
- County product, 2024, Carbon County$1,283,641,000
- County product change over the prior year, Carbon County-11.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Carbon County$50,020
Every figure in this section is published for Carbon County as a whole and is not a measurement of Helper. 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.
- 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
Helper questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Helper, Utah?
2,698, in 1,177 households. Helper city covers 1.81 square miles of land, which is 1,491 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Helper in?
Carbon 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 Helper?
$56,875. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $209,800. Median gross rent is $846 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Helper businesses?
7 7(a) approvals totalling $2.1 m, across 5 lenders, median approval $150,000, plus 4 504 approvals worth $2.0 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Helper, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Helper borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Helper. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Helper figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Carbon 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 Helper.
Is zoning published for Helper?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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