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McRae-Helena city, Georgia: commercial real estate data.
McRae-Helena city is a Census city of 6,030 people across 6.44 square miles of land, in Telfair County. Median household income is $43,618, 54.7 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 4 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $5.8 m.
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McRae-Helena
What McRae-Helena is
- Census place typecity
- Land area6.44 sq mi
- Water area0.1 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land937
- County holding the largest share of its areaTelfair County, 99.3 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
McRae-Helena
How many people live in McRae-Helena
- Population6,030
- Median age41.3
- Population under 18932 plus or minus 207
- Share under 1815.5 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Population 65 and over1,115 plus or minus 229
- Share 65 and over18.5 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Households1,577
- Family households943 plus or minus 189
- Share of households that are families59.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
McRae-Helena
Income and work in McRae-Helena
- Median household income$43,618 plus or minus $26,092
- Per capita income$15,215
- Civilian labor force1,511 plus or minus 325
- Employed1,484 plus or minus 315
- Unemployed27 plus or minus 47
- Unemployment rate1.8 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Adults 25 and over4,786
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher79.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher8.0 percent plus or minus 3.0
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree4.0 percent plus or minus 1.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
McRae-Helena
Housing in McRae-Helena
- Housing units1,947
- Occupied units1,577
- Vacant units370 plus or minus 138
- Vacancy rate19.0 percent plus or minus 6.8
- Owner occupied863 plus or minus 208
- Renter occupied714 plus or minus 169
- Ownership rate54.7 percent plus or minus 11.6
- Median owner-occupied home value$113,500 plus or minus $64,170
- Median gross rent, monthly$713
- Annual rent as a share of median income19.6 percent plus or minus 12.3
- Single family units1,213
- Share single family62.3 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more554 plus or minus 183
- Share in buildings of two or more28.5 percent plus or minus 9.0
- Mobile homes180 plus or minus 109
- Median year structure built1973
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
McRae-Helena
How McRae-Helena gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,354 plus or minus 301
- Commuting under 15 minutes793 plus or minus 264
- Share commuting under 15 minutes58.6 percent plus or minus 14.5
- Commuting 30 minutes or more274 plus or minus 115
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more20.2 percent plus or minus 7.2
- Drove alone89.6 percent
- Carpooled4.2 percent plus or minus 3.3
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home6.2 percent plus or minus 3.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
McRae-Helena
SBA loans in McRae-Helena (7(a))
- Approvals4
- Gross approval$5,787,500
- Average approval$1,446,875
- Median approval$324,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$5,000,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported35
- Jobs per approval8.8
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more50.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders3
- Distinct industries by NAICS3
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
McRae-Helena
SBA loans in McRae-Helena (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$1,959,000
- Average approval$1,959,000
- Median approval$1,959,000
- Largest approval$1,959,000
- Jobs supported103
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Telfair County, not McRae-Helena
Telfair County context, not McRae-Helena figures
These are Telfair County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as McRae-Helena measurements.
- Establishments in Telfair County178
- Employment at those establishments, Telfair County1,399
- Covered employment, Telfair County2,068
- Average annual pay, Telfair County$41,880
- Average weekly wage, Telfair County$805
- Housing units permitted, Telfair County0
- Of those, single family, Telfair County0
- County product, 2024, Telfair County$414,939,000
- County product change over the prior year, Telfair County4.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Telfair County$30,681
Every figure in this section is published for Telfair County as a whole and is not a measurement of McRae-Helena. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
McRae-Helena questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in McRae-Helena, Georgia?
6,030, in 1,577 households. McRae-Helena city covers 6.44 square miles of land, which is 937 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is McRae-Helena in?
Telfair County, which holds 99.3 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in McRae-Helena?
$43,618. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $113,500. Median gross rent is $713 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to McRae-Helena businesses?
4 7(a) approvals totalling $5.8 m, across 3 lenders, median approval $324,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $2.0 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in McRae-Helena, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to McRae-Helena borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for McRae-Helena. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page McRae-Helena figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Telfair County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of McRae-Helena.
Is zoning published for McRae-Helena?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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