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Cost of living in St. Helens, Oregon

St. Helens, Oregon has about 14,258 people. Typical rent is $1,413 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $82,865 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.

Ranked #40 in Oregon on the 2026 Most Affordable Towns Index.

Simple answer

Typical rent is $1,413 a month.

St. Helens is a city in Oregon. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $82,865 a year.

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People
14,258
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$1,413
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$82,865
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$394,200
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,878
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA MSA

St. Helens, Oregon has about 14,258 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $394,200.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Columbia County is $1,878 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in St. Helens. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

In the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metro area, prices sit at 105.4 when the U.S. average is 100. That is a 2024 BEA index.

Oregon taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 0.0% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not St. Helens's exact store tax.

Some places in Oregon add a local wage tax. In 2023 the state average was about 0.18% of income. That is not a St. Helens bill.

In July 2026, a typical Oregon home paid 15.97¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not St. Helens's bill.

EIA did not publish a 2025 all-grades gas price for Oregon in the table we use.

Among 208 places we list in Oregon with a rent figure, 84 have higher typical rent than St. Helens.

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Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.