Canton vs Holly Springs

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

Canton and Holly Springs 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 17,693 in Holly Springs). Holly Springs has the higher median household income ($111,224 vs $81,642 in Canton). Holly Springs has the higher median home value ($414,700 vs $369,700 in Canton).

Population, income & housing

	Canton	Holly Springs
Population	34,587	17,693
Median age	34.0 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$81,642	$111,224
Median home value	$369,700	$414,700
Median gross rent	$1,592	$1,927
Housing units	12,954	6,478
Homeownership rate	54.5%	74.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.4%	40.0%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canton	Holly Springs
Population	28,166 → 34,587 (+22.8%)	12,509 → 17,693 (+41.4%)
Median household income	$61,259 → $81,642 (+33.3%)	$95,941 → $111,224 (+15.9%)
Median home value	$215,600 → $369,700 (+71.5%)	$268,900 → $414,700 (+54.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,141 → $1,592 (+39.5%)	$1,288 → $1,927 (+49.6%)

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

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)

	Canton	Holly Springs
Under 5	7.4%	6.1%
5 to 17	19.1%	22.0%
18 to 24	9.6%	6.5%
25 to 34	15.8%	10.2%
35 to 44	12.7%	18.6%
45 to 54	11.1%	15.9%
55 to 64	8.6%	8.0%
65 to 74	9.0%	9.0%
75 and over	6.8%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canton	Holly Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	57.8%	74.9%
Black or African American	14.5%	10.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	3.0%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	24.1%	9.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canton	Holly Springs
No high school diploma	16.1%	4.2%
High school graduate	20.6%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	27.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	12.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canton	Holly Springs
Drove alone	62.2%	73.5%
Carpooled	16.3%	4.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.7%	20.8%
Other means	1.9%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canton	Holly Springs
1-unit, detached	62.4%	80.1%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	4.1%
20 or more units	13.7%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Canton	Holly Springs
Poverty rate	11.4%	3.4%
Average household size	2.83	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	29	33
Median year structure built	2004	2007