| ECONOMY | Helen | Dahlonega | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 8.90% | 9.00% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | 4.80% | 2.63% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 40.70% | 36.26% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 7.00% | 7.00% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 6.00% | 6.00% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $26,519 | $17,915 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $39,693 | $36,680 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 17.89% | 19.65% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 13.41% | 14.74% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 12.20% | 13.73% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 19.11% | 15.55% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 18.29% | 18.14% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 8.13% | 9.45% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 6.10% | 5.73% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 3.25% | 2.20% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 1.63% | 0.69% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.00% | 0.06% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 20.43% | 8.58% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 9.13% | 19.87% | 20.61% |
| Service | 11.30% | 16.94% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 36.09% | 28.40% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 0.00% | 0.61% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 12.61% | 10.63% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 10.43% | 14.97% | 14.05% |
