Helena is a somewhat small town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 11,749 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Helena is the 59th largest community in Alabama.

Helena is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Helena is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Helena who work in sales jobs (14.60%), management occupations (13.36%), and office and administrative support jobs (12.60%).

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.

Helena is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The town's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Helena's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

One downside of living in Helena, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.92 minutes every day commuting to work.

Helena is a small town, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Helena, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 99.08% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

Being a small town, Helena does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Helena Information and Demographics

The population of Helena is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 14.96% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 42.61% of adults in Helena have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Helena in 2000 was $25,733, which is wealthy relative to Alabama and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $102,932 for a family of four. However, Helena contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Helena home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Helena is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Helena include English, German, Irish, Italian, Scottish, Scotch-Irish, and French.

The most common language spoken in Helena is English.