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East Helena, MT

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Overview


East Helena is a very small city located in the state of Montana. With a population of 2,138 people and just one neighborhood, East Helena is the 54th largest community in Montana. Much of the housing stock in East Helena was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local East Helena economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in East Helena, where the median household income is $54,485.00.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, East Helena is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, East Helena is a city of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in East Helena who work in healthcare (17.23%), food service (10.30%), and sales jobs (10.11%).

Also of interest is that East Helena has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Setting & Lifestyle

East Helena is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Demographics

In terms of college education, East Helena is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 25.28% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in East Helena in 2022 was $33,045, which is upper middle income relative to Montana, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $132,180 for a family of four. However, East Helena contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

East Helena is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call East Helena home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of East Helena residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in East Helena include German, Irish, English, European, and Norwegian.

The most common language spoken in East Helena is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in East Helena, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Occupations

The government often provides some of the more stable jobs in the economy. From local, to state, to federal government workers, the government can also be a major employer. What NeighborhoodScout's analysis revealed, is that the neighborhood in particular stands out when compared nationally for the proportion of its working residents who are employed by the government. At 16.5% of its workforce, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of government workers than 97.9% of U.S. neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Romanian and Eastern European ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Romanian ancestry and 2.5% have Eastern European ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 0.8% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Greek at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 95.4% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in East Helena are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 43.8% of the neighborhoods in America. With 28.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 79.5% of U.S. neighborhoods.

What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.

In the neighborhood, 45.0% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 21.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.1%), and 16.5% in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions.

Languages

The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.1% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.

In the neighborhood in East Helena, MT, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (33.8%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (20.4%), and residents who report English roots (12.7%), and some of the residents are also of Norwegian ancestry (10.3%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (3.7%), among others.

Getting to Work

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (53.2% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (74.0%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (15.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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