Holly Springs vs Waleska

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

Holly Springs and Waleska 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 767 in Waleska). Holly Springs has the higher median household income ($111,224 vs $52,500 in Waleska). Holly Springs has the higher median home value ($414,700 vs $362,500 in Waleska).

Population, income & housing

	Holly Springs	Waleska
Population	17,693	767
Median age	39.2 yrs	21.3 yrs
Median household income	$111,224	$52,500
Median home value	$414,700	$362,500
Median gross rent	$1,927	$867
Housing units	6,478	146
Homeownership rate	74.2%	54.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.0%	28.2%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	12.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Holly Springs	Waleska
Population	12,509 → 17,693 (+41.4%)	740 → 767 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$95,941 → $111,224 (+15.9%)	$55,417 → $52,500 (-5.3%)
Median home value	$268,900 → $414,700 (+54.2%)	$160,000 → $362,500 (+126.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,288 → $1,927 (+49.6%)	$1,134 → $867 (-23.5%)

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

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)

	Holly Springs	Waleska
Under 5	6.1%	1.6%
5 to 17	22.0%	5.9%
18 to 24	6.5%	64.8%
25 to 34	10.2%	5.1%
35 to 44	18.6%	2.1%
45 to 54	15.9%	7.4%
55 to 64	8.0%	3.7%
65 to 74	9.0%	3.3%
75 and over	3.6%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Holly Springs	Waleska
White (non-Hispanic)	74.9%	72.5%
Black or African American	10.6%	13.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.8%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	9.5%	11.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Holly Springs	Waleska
No high school diploma	4.2%	5.6%
High school graduate	24.8%	22.1%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	44.1%
Bachelor's degree	27.7%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	16.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Holly Springs	Waleska
Drove alone	73.5%	59.4%
Carpooled	4.5%	0.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	17.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.8%	22.2%
Other means	0.8%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Holly Springs	Waleska
1-unit, detached	80.1%	96.6%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Holly Springs	Waleska
Poverty rate	3.4%	3.6%
Average household size	2.86	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	33	17
Median year structure built	2007	1964