Lumber City vs McRae-Helena

A side-by-side comparison of Lumber City and McRae-Helena: population, income, housing, and more.

Lumber City and McRae-Helena are places in Georgia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

McRae-Helena has the higher population (5,959 vs 1,113 in Lumber City). McRae-Helena has the higher median household income ($51,296 vs $31,927 in Lumber City). Since 2019, Lumber City's population has grown faster (-21.7% vs -29.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Lumber City	McRae-Helena
Population	1,113	5,959
Median age	34.4 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$31,927	$51,296
Median home value	—	$111,800
Median gross rent	$444	$606
Housing units	443	1,774
Homeownership rate	49.8%	61.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.9%	8.2%
Unemployment rate	9.8%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lumber City	McRae-Helena
Population	1,421 → 1,113 (-21.7%)	8,409 → 5,959 (-29.1%)
Median household income	$30,438 → $31,927 (+4.9%)	$28,155 → $51,296 (+82.2%)
Median home value	$57,000 → $39,200 (-31.2%)	$65,900 → $111,800 (+69.7%)
Median gross rent	$517 → $444 (-14.1%)	$596 → $606 (+1.7%)

Lumber City

Population

1,4211,113

Median household income

$30,438$31,927

Median home value

$57,000$39,200

Median gross rent

$517$444

McRae-Helena

Population

8,4095,959

Median household income

$28,155$51,296

Median home value

$65,900$111,800

Median gross rent

$596$606

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lumber City	McRae-Helena
Under 5	2.1%	4.2%
5 to 17	24.0%	19.0%
18 to 24	18.4%	6.6%
25 to 34	5.8%	17.3%
35 to 44	9.0%	13.6%
45 to 54	8.8%	11.1%
55 to 64	10.2%	13.4%
65 to 74	11.2%	8.6%
75 and over	10.5%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lumber City	McRae-Helena
White (non-Hispanic)	27.8%	42.6%
Black or African American	55.4%	37.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	16.2%	18.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lumber City	McRae-Helena
No high school diploma	18.9%	25.0%
High school graduate	53.1%	45.7%
Some college or associate's	20.1%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	4.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lumber City	McRae-Helena
Drove alone	95.3%	89.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.6%
Other means	3.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lumber City	McRae-Helena
1-unit, detached	52.8%	70.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	15.1%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	8.5%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	35.7%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Lumber City	McRae-Helena
Poverty rate	24.7%	37.7%
Average household size	3.57	3.27
Mean commute (minutes)	29	20
Median year structure built	1984	1972