St. Helens is a somewhat small city located in the state of Oregon. With a population of 14,369 people and two associated neighborhoods, St. Helens is the 41st largest community in Oregon.St. Helens is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, St. Helens is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in St. Helens who work in sales jobs (10.02%), management occupations (9.89%), and office and administrative support (9.86%). Also of interest is that St. Helens has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.83% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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. One downside of living in St. Helens, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.45 minutes every day commuting to work. The citizens of St. Helens are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 14.76% of adults in St. Helens have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree The per capita income in St. Helens in 2022 was $33,261, which is middle income relative to Oregon and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $133,044 for a family of four. However, St. Helens contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. St. Helens is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call St. Helens home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of St. Helens residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. St. Helens also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.45% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in St. Helens include German, English, Irish, European, and Norwegian. The most common language spoken in St. Helens is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
