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Helen, GA

415 Population
2.1 square miles 198.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

68.2 ±4.5 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in White County: 45.6 ±0.4
  • nearly double the figure in Georgia: 37.6 ±0.1
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$48,396 ±$8,155 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in White County: $35,713 ±$2,714
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Georgia: $40,924 ±$189
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$86,023 ±$20,491 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in White County: $70,666 ±$5,613
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Georgia: $77,353 ±$407
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

5.3% ±7% (22  ±30) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in White County: 12.4% † 3,470 (±2.6% / ±740)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Georgia: 13.4% 1,430,012 (±0.2% / ±19,111)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.8 minutes ±23.5 (3,900  ±2,450) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in White County: 30.4 336,805 (±2 / ±28,554)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Georgia: 28.3 122,472,520 (±0.1 / ±758,338)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

209 ±60 Number of households
  • White County: 10,729 ±390
  • Georgia: 4,074,366 ±9,635
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.4 (415  ±150) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in White County: 2.6 28,236 (±0.1 / ±25)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,690,640
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

636 ±109 Number of housing units
  • White County: 13,952 ±31
  • Georgia: 4,541,835 ±1,384
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$416,100 ±$104,067 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in White County: $278,900 ±$13,509
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Georgia: $303,300 ±$1,171
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

0.7% ±6% (3  ±25) Moved since previous year
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in White County: 11.9% † 3,384 (±2.9% / ±835.6)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Georgia: 13% 1,406,528 (±0.2% / ±17,564.4)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.4% ±33.3% (337  ±70.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in White County: 84.8% 17,416 (±4.5% / ±933.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Georgia: 89.2% 6,568,251 (±0.3% / ±23,992)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
45.1% ±7.7% (161  ±53.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in White County: 24% 4,925 (±2.4% / ±487.7)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Georgia: 35% 2,571,913 (±0.2% / ±14,805.2)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.7% ±1.8% (7  ±8) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in White County: 2.5% 713
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Georgia: 11.2% 1,222,778
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

23.7% ±6% (97  ±43) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in White County: 8.1% † 1,862 (±1.5% / ±351)
  • more than double the rate in Georgia: 7.2% 601,304 (±0.1% / ±7,700)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
97 Total veterans ±43 91 Male ±43 6 Female ±5

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