Cleveland vs Helen

A side-by-side comparison of Cleveland and Helen: population, income, housing, and more.

Cleveland and Helen are places in Georgia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cleveland has the higher population (3,529 vs 470 in Helen). Helen has the higher median household income ($83,654 vs $61,023 in Cleveland). Helen has the higher median home value ($344,000 vs $323,000 in Cleveland).

Population, income & housing

	Cleveland	Helen
Population	3,529	470
Median age	41.6 yrs	63.2 yrs
Median household income	$61,023	$83,654
Median home value	$323,000	$344,000
Median gross rent	$1,075	$842
Housing units	1,537	589
Homeownership rate	53.3%	68.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	44.0%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cleveland	Helen
Population	3,920 → 3,529 (-10.0%)	574 → 470 (-18.1%)
Median household income	$39,431 → $61,023 (+54.8%)	$43,984 → $83,654 (+90.2%)
Median home value	$159,700 → $323,000 (+102.3%)	$227,500 → $344,000 (+51.2%)
Median gross rent	$738 → $1,075 (+45.7%)	$716 → $842 (+17.6%)

Cleveland

Population

3,9203,529

Median household income

$39,431$61,023

Median home value

$159,700$323,000

Median gross rent

$738$1,075

Helen

Population

574470

Median household income

$43,984$83,654

Median home value

$227,500$344,000

Median gross rent

$716$842

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cleveland	Helen
Under 5	3.1%	4.0%
5 to 17	10.5%	0.2%
18 to 24	20.8%	16.4%
25 to 34	8.3%	4.5%
35 to 44	14.3%	0.9%
45 to 54	11.8%	7.7%
55 to 64	12.8%	22.6%
65 to 74	6.4%	31.1%
75 and over	12.0%	12.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cleveland	Helen
White (non-Hispanic)	83.7%	95.5%
Black or African American	5.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cleveland	Helen
No high school diploma	18.8%	4.0%
High school graduate	41.4%	20.6%
Some college or associate's	20.8%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	23.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	20.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cleveland	Helen
Drove alone	82.9%	83.0%
Carpooled	6.1%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.1%	4.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	7.1%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cleveland	Helen
1-unit, detached	58.6%	53.0%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	8.8%
2 to 4 units	14.4%	15.6%
5 to 19 units	14.2%	17.1%
20 or more units	5.1%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Cleveland	Helen
Poverty rate	21.9%	6.4%
Average household size	2.21	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1995	1995