Helen vs Sautee-Nacoochee

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

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

Sautee-Nacoochee has the higher population (507 vs 470 in Helen). Helen has the higher median household income ($83,654 vs $44,396 in Sautee-Nacoochee). Since 2019, Sautee-Nacoochee's population has grown faster (+81.7% vs -18.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Helen	Sautee-Nacoochee
Population	470	507
Median age	63.2 yrs	56.9 yrs
Median household income	$83,654	$44,396
Median home value	$344,000	—
Median gross rent	$842	—
Housing units	589	260
Homeownership rate	68.1%	91.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.0%	38.4%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Helen	Sautee-Nacoochee
Population	574 → 470 (-18.1%)	279 → 507 (+81.7%)
Median household income	$43,984 → $83,654 (+90.2%)	$26,136 → $44,396 (+69.9%)
Median home value	$227,500 → $344,000 (+51.2%)	$85,900 → $98,800 (+15.0%)
Median gross rent	$716 → $842 (+17.6%)	—

Helen

Population

574470

Median household income

$43,984$83,654

Median home value

$227,500$344,000

Median gross rent

$716$842

Sautee-Nacoochee

Population

279507

Median household income

$26,136$44,396

Median home value

$85,900$98,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Helen	Sautee-Nacoochee
Under 5	4.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.2%	0.0%
18 to 24	16.4%	0.8%
25 to 34	4.5%	6.9%
35 to 44	0.9%	2.4%
45 to 54	7.7%	23.9%
55 to 64	22.6%	29.8%
65 to 74	31.1%	26.2%
75 and over	12.8%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Helen	Sautee-Nacoochee
White (non-Hispanic)	95.5%	68.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	29.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Helen	Sautee-Nacoochee
No high school diploma	4.0%	19.5%
High school graduate	20.6%	17.1%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	23.1%	21.7%
Graduate or professional degree	20.9%	16.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Helen	Sautee-Nacoochee
Drove alone	83.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	5.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Helen	Sautee-Nacoochee
1-unit, detached	53.0%	91.2%
1-unit, attached	8.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	17.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	8.8%

Poverty & households

	Helen	Sautee-Nacoochee
Poverty rate	6.4%	9.7%
Average household size	2.08	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	24	—
Median year structure built	1995	1992