Ball Ground vs Holly Springs

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

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

Holly Springs has the higher population (17,693 vs 2,665 in Ball Ground). Ball Ground has the higher median household income ($112,585 vs $111,224 in Holly Springs). Holly Springs has the higher median home value ($414,700 vs $346,800 in Ball Ground).

Population, income & housing

	Ball Ground	Holly Springs
Population	2,665	17,693
Median age	39.1 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$112,585	$111,224
Median home value	$346,800	$414,700
Median gross rent	$1,381	$1,927
Housing units	1,050	6,478
Homeownership rate	84.5%	74.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.8%	40.0%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ball Ground	Holly Springs
Population	2,131 → 2,665 (+25.1%)	12,509 → 17,693 (+41.4%)
Median household income	$78,913 → $112,585 (+42.7%)	$95,941 → $111,224 (+15.9%)
Median home value	$210,700 → $346,800 (+64.6%)	$268,900 → $414,700 (+54.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,079 → $1,381 (+28.0%)	$1,288 → $1,927 (+49.6%)

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

Holly Springs

Population

12,50917,693

Median household income

$95,941$111,224

Median home value

$268,900$414,700

Median gross rent

$1,288$1,927

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ball Ground	Holly Springs
Under 5	5.0%	6.1%
5 to 17	20.3%	22.0%
18 to 24	4.7%	6.5%
25 to 34	15.2%	10.2%
35 to 44	17.0%	18.6%
45 to 54	14.3%	15.9%
55 to 64	11.6%	8.0%
65 to 74	8.1%	9.0%
75 and over	3.9%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ball Ground	Holly Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	86.5%	74.9%
Black or African American	4.4%	10.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	3.4%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	9.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ball Ground	Holly Springs
No high school diploma	4.4%	4.2%
High school graduate	20.4%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	28.3%	27.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.5%	12.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ball Ground	Holly Springs
Drove alone	83.7%	73.5%
Carpooled	6.4%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	20.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ball Ground	Holly Springs
1-unit, detached	89.2%	80.1%
1-unit, attached	6.6%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	4.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Ball Ground	Holly Springs
Poverty rate	3.3%	3.4%
Average household size	2.60	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	29	33
Median year structure built	2006	2007