Helena is a medium-sized city located in the state of Montana. With a population of 33,885 people and 13 associated neighborhoods, Helena is the sixth largest community in Montana.

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

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 13.73% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Helena, while not large, also appears to be attractive to some younger, educated professionals, who help shape the character of the city.

Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 14.95 minutes getting to work every day.

If knowledge is power, Helena is a pretty powerful place. 50.52% of the adults in Helena have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Helena in 2022 was $43,016, which is wealthy relative to Montana, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $172,064 for a family of four. However, Helena contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

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