Helena, Georgia.
Typical home $152,874 (+2.0% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$371 (+86%) since Feb 2021.
- 1 year
- Up $2,934 +2%
- $149,941$152,874 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $9,804 +7%
- $143,071$152,874 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Helena$802
- Georgia$1,727
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 52 years.
Typical home values in Helena, GA rose 2.0% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Helena, Dodge County, Georgia
The Census does not count Helena on its own, so the figures here are Dodge County's. Half the county's households earn more than $51,587 a year and half less; 22% of the county's people live below the poverty line. 71% of the county's homes are lived in by their owners and 29% are rented. Unemployment in Dodge County was 3.3% in August 2026, and the county had 1.2% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Dodge County work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
Written by AI Claude Haiku 5.5 wrote this on 22 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Helena, Georgia sits in Dodge County, where residents are older on average than the national median and incomes run below the nation's. Most homes here are lived in by their owners, and typical home values are lower than in much of the country. Winters are the coldest part of the year and summers the hottest, with a good deal of rain across the seasons.
Work. Unemployment across Dodge County is lower than it was a year earlier, and the number of jobs grew slightly in the most recent year. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, manufacturing, government, or the building trades. Few people work from home, and a smaller share of adults hold a degree than is common nationally.
Things to do. Little Ocmulgee State Park is a protected area a longer drive away, and it is one of the better known natural spots nearby. Gum Swamp Creek, a river also a longer drive away, offers another way to spend a day outdoors. For an evening out, the Hawkinsville Opera House, a theatre a longer drive away, is the next place on the list.
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- 6,881households
- 42.6median age
- 17%of adults have a degree
- 22%below the poverty line
- 26 mintypical commute
- 6%work from home
What people in Dodge County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Dodge County had 5,013 jobs in 2025, 1.2% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 59° and lows near 38°; warmest in July, with highs near 91° and lows near 72°. About 47 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Eastman West weather station, 3 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Dodge County
- Dodge County SchoolsSchool district464FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters300
- Dodge County HospitalGeneral hospital167FTE
- Mondi Bags USABags, multiwall, made from purchased uncoated paper125
- Hoover Architectural SolutionsFabricated structural metal manufacturing106
- Valence Surface TechnologiesPolishing metals and metal products for the trade102
- Selectis HealthNursing homes79
- Ocmulgee Electric MembershipDistribution of electric power40
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 7 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 778 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
- DroughtRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Dodge County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Dodge County.
Helena home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Helena$152,874
- Georgia$329,115
- United States$366,157
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Helena11
Zip codes with a Helena address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Helena — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.