Ball Ground vs Canton

A side-by-side comparison of Ball Ground and Canton: population, income, housing, and more.

Ball Ground and Canton are places in Georgia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Canton has the higher population (34,587 vs 2,665 in Ball Ground). Ball Ground has the higher median household income ($112,585 vs $81,642 in Canton). Canton has the higher median home value ($369,700 vs $346,800 in Ball Ground).

Population, income & housing

	Ball Ground	Canton
Population	2,665	34,587
Median age	39.1 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$112,585	$81,642
Median home value	$346,800	$369,700
Median gross rent	$1,381	$1,592
Housing units	1,050	12,954
Homeownership rate	84.5%	54.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.8%	31.4%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ball Ground	Canton
Population	2,131 → 2,665 (+25.1%)	28,166 → 34,587 (+22.8%)
Median household income	$78,913 → $112,585 (+42.7%)	$61,259 → $81,642 (+33.3%)
Median home value	$210,700 → $346,800 (+64.6%)	$215,600 → $369,700 (+71.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,079 → $1,381 (+28.0%)	$1,141 → $1,592 (+39.5%)

Ball Ground

Population

2,1312,665

Median household income

$78,913$112,585

Median home value

$210,700$346,800

Median gross rent

$1,079$1,381

Canton

Population

28,16634,587

Median household income

$61,259$81,642

Median home value

$215,600$369,700

Median gross rent

$1,141$1,592

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ball Ground	Canton
Under 5	5.0%	7.4%
5 to 17	20.3%	19.1%
18 to 24	4.7%	9.6%
25 to 34	15.2%	15.8%
35 to 44	17.0%	12.7%
45 to 54	14.3%	11.1%
55 to 64	11.6%	8.6%
65 to 74	8.1%	9.0%
75 and over	3.9%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ball Ground	Canton
White (non-Hispanic)	86.5%	57.8%
Black or African American	4.4%	14.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	24.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ball Ground	Canton
No high school diploma	4.4%	16.1%
High school graduate	20.4%	20.6%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	28.3%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	12.5%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ball Ground	Canton
Drove alone	83.7%	62.2%
Carpooled	6.4%	16.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	9.9%	18.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ball Ground	Canton
1-unit, detached	89.2%	62.4%
1-unit, attached	6.6%	7.2%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	10.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	13.7%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Ball Ground	Canton
Poverty rate	3.3%	11.4%
Average household size	2.60	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	29	29
Median year structure built	2006	2004