McRae-Helena is a somewhat small city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 6,211 people and three associated neighborhoods, McRae-Helena is the 135th largest community in Georgia.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.72% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of McRae-Helena spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.00 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.
McRae-Helena is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The population of McRae-Helena has a very low overall level of education: only 7.35% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.
The per capita income in McRae-Helena in 2022 was $12,592, which is low income relative to Georgia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $50,368 for a family of four. However, McRae-Helena contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. McRae-Helena also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 42.09% of its population below the federal poverty line.
McRae-Helena is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call McRae-Helena home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of McRae-Helena residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. McRae-Helena also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 24.57% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in McRae-Helena include Scots-Irish, English, Irish, German, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in McRae-Helena is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.