[2] This includes the population held as inmates at McRae Correctional Institution.

This merge was initiated when Helena discovered it could no longer manage its wastewater supply.

[3] The cities were united under House Bill 967, sponsored by Representative Jimmy Pruett of the 149th district.

U.S. Route 23 (US 23), along with US 341/SR 27 travel through the city as a one-way pair using Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard (formerly Railroad Street), heading northwest 20 miles (32 km) to Eastman and Oak Street heading southeast 24 miles (39 km) to Hazlehurst, while US 280/US 319/US 441/SR 30/SR 31 travel through as Third Avenue, crossing US 23/US 341/SR 27 in the center of the city.

The square is also the site of a replica of the Liberty Bell and a marble memorial to Telfair County residents who died in military service.

McRae–Helena was the birthplace of Marion B. Folsom (1893–1976), a longtime executive of the Eastman Kodak Company who served as the United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare during the Eisenhower administration.

[16][17] Males working full-time jobs had median earnings of $50,445 compared to $40,536 for females.

People of Scotch-Irish descent made up 13.7% of the population of the town, followed by American at 3.1%, English at 3.0%, Irish at 1.8%, and German at 0.9%.