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Ball Ground, GA
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Living in Ball Ground



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. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Ball Ground, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Ball Ground, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Ball Ground’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Ball Ground does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because 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.

A relatively large number of people in Ball Ground telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.66% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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 citizens of Ball Ground are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 34.46% of adults in Ball Ground have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Ball Ground in 2018 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.


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