St. Helena is a somewhat small city located in the state of California. With a population of 5,272 people and two associated neighborhoods, St. Helena is the 508th largest community in California. St. Helena home prices are not only among the most expensive in California, but St. Helena real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.St. Helena is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 91.99% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, St. Helena is a city of managers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in St. Helena who work in management occupations (24.02%), office and administrative support (12.74%), and sales jobs (12.60%). Also of interest is that St. 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: 18.01% 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. Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of St. Helena spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 19.25 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to St. Helena, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. St. Helena is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 58.28% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%. The per capita income in St. Helena in 2022 was $108,577, which is wealthy relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $434,308 for a family of four. However, St. Helena contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. St. Helena is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call St. Helena home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of St. Helena residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. St. Helena also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 25.75% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in St. Helena include English, Irish, German, French, and Canadian. Foreign born people are also an important part of St. Helena's cultural character, accounting for 24.80% of the city’s population. The most common language spoken in St. Helena is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
