The median home value in Helena, AL is $366,246 as of 2026-06-30, up 2.22% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$366,246
Year-over-Year
+2.22%
Population
22,470
Helena ranks #12 of 91 Alabama cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 59.7% above the state's city median of $229,349. It sits in Shelby County, where the county-wide median is $362,049.
Helena police recorded a violent crime rate of 71 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — lower than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 436 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
The median home value in Helena is $366,246. That's up 2.22% from a year earlier. That is about 59.7% above the typical county in Alabama.
Homes in Helena are more expensive than Shelby County as a whole, where the median is $362,049 — a difference of about 1.2%.
Helena police reported 71 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 22,470. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.
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