Ball Ground vs Waleska

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

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

Ball Ground has the higher population (2,665 vs 767 in Waleska). Ball Ground has the higher median household income ($112,585 vs $52,500 in Waleska). Waleska has the higher median home value ($362,500 vs $346,800 in Ball Ground).

Population, income & housing

	Ball Ground	Waleska
Population	2,665	767
Median age	39.1 yrs	21.3 yrs
Median household income	$112,585	$52,500
Median home value	$346,800	$362,500
Median gross rent	$1,381	$867
Housing units	1,050	146
Homeownership rate	84.5%	54.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.8%	28.2%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	12.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ball Ground	Waleska
Population	2,131 → 2,665 (+25.1%)	740 → 767 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$78,913 → $112,585 (+42.7%)	$55,417 → $52,500 (-5.3%)
Median home value	$210,700 → $346,800 (+64.6%)	$160,000 → $362,500 (+126.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,079 → $1,381 (+28.0%)	$1,134 → $867 (-23.5%)

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

Waleska

Population

740767

Median household income

$55,417$52,500

Median home value

$160,000$362,500

Median gross rent

$1,134$867

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ball Ground	Waleska
Under 5	5.0%	1.6%
5 to 17	20.3%	5.9%
18 to 24	4.7%	64.8%
25 to 34	15.2%	5.1%
35 to 44	17.0%	2.1%
45 to 54	14.3%	7.4%
55 to 64	11.6%	3.7%
65 to 74	8.1%	3.3%
75 and over	3.9%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ball Ground	Waleska
White (non-Hispanic)	86.5%	72.5%
Black or African American	4.4%	13.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.4%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	11.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ball Ground	Waleska
No high school diploma	4.4%	5.6%
High school graduate	20.4%	22.1%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	44.1%
Bachelor's degree	28.3%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.5%	16.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ball Ground	Waleska
Drove alone	83.7%	59.4%
Carpooled	6.4%	0.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	17.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	22.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ball Ground	Waleska
1-unit, detached	89.2%	96.6%
1-unit, attached	6.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Ball Ground	Waleska
Poverty rate	3.3%	3.6%
Average household size	2.60	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	29	17
Median year structure built	2006	1964