Being a small city, McRae-Helena does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In McRae-Helena, just 8.17% 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 $14,314, which is low income relative to Georgia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $57,256 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 37.69% 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 18.80% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in McRae-Helena include Scots-Irish, English, Irish, German, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in McRae-Helena is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Korean.
