McRae-Helena, Georgia

McRae-Helena population, 2020 to 2024

McRae-Helena lost 1,456 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -21.9%. In the latest year it moved by +8. Among 148 Georgia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 148th; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Georgia has 16,252 people, so McRae-Helena is 32% of it.

McRae-Helena covers 6.44 square miles of land and 0.10 of water, for 805 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so McRae-Helena is less dense than the typical town.

What county McRae-Helena is in

All of McRae-Helena's residents live in Telfair County, which had 11,000 residents in 2024. McRae-Helena holds 47.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in McRae-Helena

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap McRae-Helena by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 31037, 31055. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where McRae-Helena is

The Census internal point of McRae-Helena is at 32.063600, -82.896900. Atlanta, the capital, is 145.1 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Eastman, GA (5,513 people), 18.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Macon-Bibb County, GA, 69.4 miles away.

Daylight in McRae-Helena

At 32.06° N, McRae-Helena gets about 14 h 15 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 03 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 12 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near McRae-Helena

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Alamo, 9.0 miles away, with 2,818 people.