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McRae-Helena, GA

6,030 Population
6.4 square miles 937 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.3 ±2.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Telfair County: 43.2 ±1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Georgia: 37.6 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$15,215 ±$2,887 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Telfair County: $20,994 † ±$4,782
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Georgia: $40,924 ±$189
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$43,618 ±$26,092 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Telfair County: $50,929 † ±$10,351
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Georgia: $77,353 ±$407
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

31.5% ±9.3% (1,244  ±382) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Telfair County: 24.1% † 2,306 (±5.4% / ±525)
  • more than double the rate in Georgia: 13.4% 1,430,012 (±0.2% / ±19,111)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21 minutes ±5.9 (28,380  ±10,404) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Telfair County: 27.2 † 86,660 (±2.7 / ±14,006)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Georgia: 28.3 122,472,520 (±0.1 / ±758,338)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,577 ±182 Number of households
  • Telfair County: 3,351 ±209
  • Georgia: 4,074,366 ±9,635
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.4 (3,982  ±351) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Telfair County: 2.9 9,611 (±0.2 / ±350)
  • a little less than the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,690,640
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.8% ±2.5% (16  ±23) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Telfair County: 1.5% † 37 (±2% / ±48)
  • about one-third of the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 138,514 (±0.1% / ±3,547)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,947 ±195 Number of housing units
  • Telfair County: 4,705 ±124
  • Georgia: 4,541,835 ±1,384
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$113,500 ±$64,170 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Telfair County: $113,300 † ±$25,740
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Georgia: $303,300 ±$1,171
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.9% ±3.7% (772  ±222.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Telfair County: 8.6% † 1,013 (±2.1% / ±242.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Georgia: 13% 1,406,528 (±0.2% / ±17,564.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

79.8% ±7.6% (3,817  ±392.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Telfair County: 77.9% 6,763 (±5.6% / ±518.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Georgia: 89.2% 6,568,251 (±0.3% / ±23,992)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
8% ±3.2% (382  ±154.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Telfair County: 10.1% † 878 (±2.4% / ±211.4)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Georgia: 35% 2,571,913 (±0.2% / ±14,805.2)
  • about one-fifth of 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

2.1% ±1.8% (127  ±109) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Telfair County: 6.4% 755
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Georgia: 11.2% 1,222,778
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.9% ±2.5% (400  ±127) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Telfair County: 5.8% † 577 (±1.7% / ±166)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Georgia: 7.2% 601,304 (±0.1% / ±7,700)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
400 Total veterans ±127 304 Male ±117 96 Female ±64

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