About Ball Ground

Ball Ground is a somewhat small town located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 8,054 people and just one neighborhood, Ball Ground is the 119th largest community in Georgia.

When you are in Ball Ground, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 38.8% of Ball Ground's employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 24.7% that do. Overall, Ball Ground is a town of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ball Ground who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.21%), sales jobs (9.84%), and management occupations (6.22%).

One downside of living in Ball Ground is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Ball Ground, the average commute to work is 37.17 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Ball Ground is a very car-oriented town. 98.46% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Ball Ground is a small town, and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Ball Ground has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

Ball Ground is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Ball Ground Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, the citizens of Ball Ground rank slightly lower than the national average. 13.62% of adults 25 and older in Ball Ground have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 14.96% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.

The per capita income in Ball Ground in 2000 was $19,317, which is upper middle income relative to Georgia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $77,268 for a family of four.

The people who call Ball Ground home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Ball Ground is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Ball Ground include English, Irish, German, and Scotch-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Ball Ground is English. Some people also speak Spanish.