Ball Ground is a very small city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 2,853 people and five associated neighborhoods, Ball Ground is the 238th largest community in Georgia. Much of the housing stock in Ball Ground was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Ball Ground economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Ball Ground, where the median household income is $103,429.00.
Ball Ground real estate is some of the most expensive in Georgia, although Ball Ground house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.
Also of interest is that Ball Ground has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.66% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
Because of many things, Ball Ground is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Ball Ground really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Ball Ground perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.
Being a small city, Ball Ground does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The education level of Ball Ground citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 34.46% of adults in Ball Ground have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Ball Ground in 2022 was $44,086, which is wealthy relative to Georgia, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $176,344 for a family of four. However, Ball Ground contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Ball Ground home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ball Ground residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Ball Ground include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Ball Ground is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.