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McRae-Helena, GA

5,959 Population
6.4 square miles 925.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.8 ±3.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Telfair County: 39.4 ±1.8
  • about the same as the figure in Georgia: 37.4 ±0.1

Economics

$14,314 ±$4,369 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Telfair County: $17,226 † ±$2,201
  • about one-third of the amount in Georgia: $39,525 ±$194
$51,296 ±$22,701 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Telfair County: $44,948 † ±$11,332
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Georgia: $74,664 ±$431

37.7% ±11.2% (1,576  ±483) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Telfair County: 31% † 3,026 (±6.1% / ±601)
  • more than double the rate in Georgia: 13.5% 1,423,159 (±0.2% / ±19,046)

20.1 minutes ±4.9 (26,505  ±9,517) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Telfair County: 26.3 † 80,100 (±3.5 / ±14,931)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Georgia: 28.3 123,275,350 (±0.1 / ±629,504)

Families

1,294 ±250 Number of households
  • Telfair County: 3,123 ±233
  • Georgia: 4,008,013 ±9,372
3.3 ±0.7 (4,231  ±305) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Telfair County: 3.1 9,821 (±0.3 / ±252)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,571,720

3% ±3.6% (24  ±29) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Telfair County: 2% † 42 (±2% / ±41)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 138,505 (±0.2% / ±4,175)

Housing

1,774 ±239 Number of housing units
  • Telfair County: 4,756 ±84
  • Georgia: 4,483,873 ±944

$111,800 ±$75,987 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Telfair County: $108,200 † ±$26,075
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Georgia: $272,900 ±$1,058

10.1% ±3.8% (593  ±224.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Telfair County: 9.2% † 1,105 (±2.3% / ±277.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Georgia: 13.3% 1,418,224 (±0.2% / ±18,188.3)

Social

75.1% ±6.2% (3,143  ±367.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Telfair County: 78.5% 6,590 (±4.8% / ±463.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Georgia: 89% 6,451,736 (±0.3% / ±23,526)
8.2% ±3.1% (342  ±132.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Telfair County: 10.1% † 846 (±2.2% / ±190.3)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Georgia: 34.2% 2,480,907 (±0.2% / ±14,380)

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

8% ±5.4% (478  ±323) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Telfair County: 4.5% 553
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Georgia: 10.8% 1,172,488

8.3% ±3.4% (380  ±157) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Telfair County: 6.5% † 606 (±1.7% / ±162)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Georgia: 7.4% 608,876 (±0.1% / ±6,777)
380 Total veterans ±157 303 Male ±154 77 Female ±61

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