St. Helen is a very small town located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 2,735 people and two associated neighborhoods, St. Helen is the 293rd largest community in Michigan.Unlike some towns, St. Helen isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in St. Helen are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, St. Helen is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in St. Helen who work in sales jobs (11.08%), office and administrative support (10.85%), and management occupations (7.99%). Also of interest is that St. Helen has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Another notable thing is that St. Helen is an extremely popular vacation destination. A significant portion of the population is seasonal. During the vacation season, the town experiences a large influx of people who take up residence in second homes they own in the area. As the vacation season ends, the population drops again, leaving behind a substantially quieter and smaller town. The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, St. Helen has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes St. Helen a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. In St. Helen, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.95 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. Being a small town, St. Helen does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The population of St. Helen has a very low overall level of education: only 9.52% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher. The per capita income in St. Helen in 2022 was $29,267, which is lower middle income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $117,068 for a family of four. However, St. Helen contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call St. Helen home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of St. Helen residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in St. Helen include German, English, Irish, Polish, and French. The most common language spoken in St. Helen is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
