Another notable thing is that Helen is an extremely popular destination for tourists and seasonal residents. So much of the population is seasonal such that the city’s population swells significantly during the vacation season, and drops again when the season ends. Because of this, much of the local economy is centered around tourism; some businesses may be operated only during the high season. During the low season, year-round residents will notice that the city is a substantially quieter place to live.
It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Helen has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Helen has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Helen than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Helen may be for you.
Being a small city, Helen does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The education level of Helen ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Helen, 42.38% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree.
The per capita income in Helen in 2022 was $44,324, which is wealthy relative to Georgia, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $177,296 for a family of four. However, Helen contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Helen home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Helen residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Helen include English, German, Irish, Scots-Irish, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Helen is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and German/Yiddish.
