Oklahoma · Census place 4033450

Helena, Oklahoma

Helena is a town in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma with an estimated 1,533 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 162nd largest of 212 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,533
#162 of 212 in Oklahoma
Change since 2020
+0.0%
+0 people
Land area
0.4 sq mi
Density
3,739 / sq mi
State median 896
Orange pin: Helena. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Oklahoma City.

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Helena population, 2020 to 2024

Helena added 0 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.0%. In the latest year it moved by +5.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,532. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Helena covers 0.41 square miles of land, for 3,739 people per square mile of land. The median Oklahoma place of 5,000+ has 896, so Helena is denser than the typical town.

What county Helena is in

All of Helena's residents live in Alfalfa County, which had 5,712 residents in 2024. Helena holds 26.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Helena

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Helena by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 73741. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Helena is

The Census internal point of Helena is at 36.546500, -98.271900. Oklahoma City, the capital, is 84.6 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Fairview, OK (2,653 people), 22.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Oklahoma City, OK, 85.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
36.546500, -98.271900
DMS
36°32'47.40"N 98°16'18.84"W
UTM
14N 565166.7E 4044812.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
8683GPWH+J6

Daylight in Helena

At 36.55° N, Helena gets about 14 h 40 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 40 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 00 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Helena

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oklahoma, measured between internal points. The closest is Cherokee, 14.9 miles away, with 1,453 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Helena, OK?

1,533 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 0 (0.0%) from 1,533 in July 2020.

What county is Helena in?

Alfalfa County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Helena?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 73741.

How far is Helena from Oklahoma City?

84.6 miles (136.1 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Helena.

What is the nearest larger city to Helena?

Fairview, OK, with 2,653 residents, 22.2 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.