It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) McRae-Helena has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. McRae-Helena has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in McRae-Helena than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, McRae-Helena may be for you.
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.
In McRae-Helena, just 7.98% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in McRae-Helena in 2022 was $15,215, which is low income relative to Georgia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $60,860 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 31.51% 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. Important ancestries of people in McRae-Helena include English, Irish, German, Scots-Irish, and African.
The most common language spoken in McRae-Helena is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Korean.
