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.

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.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 18.01% 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 of the benefits of St. Helena is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 19.25 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

If knowledge is power, St. Helena is a pretty powerful place. 58.28% of the adults in St. 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 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.

In addition, St. Helena has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (24.80%).

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