A Snapshot of Holly Springs

Demographics

In 2020, Holly Springs had a population of 16,213 people with a median age of 39.3. The median household income in Holly Springs is $94,824, slightly higher than Cherokee County’s median household income of $84,817. Between 2019 and 2020, the population of Holly Springs grew more than nine percent from 12,509 to 13,682. Median household income in the City decreased a little more than one percent, from $95,941 to $94,824.1

The five largest ethnic groups in Holly Springs are White (77.5%), Black or African American (9.68%), White (Hispanic) (4.13%), Two+ (non-Hispanic) (3.85%), and two+ (Hispanic) (1.85%). As of 2020, 10.3% of Holly Springs residents were born outside of the United States (1,420 people).2

White

African American

77.5%

9.7%

Housing

In 2020, the median property value in Holly Springs was $287,400, and the homeownership rate was 72.4%. Most people in Holly Springs drove alone to work, and the average commute was 40.2 minutes. Residents on average have two cars per household. In Holly Springs, most households have a property value between $300,000-$400,000.3

“Cherokee County is located within the Northern Atlanta Suburbs Housing Market Area (HMA), which consists of six counties (Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Forsyth, Gwinnett, and Paulding) and is part of the 29-county Atlanta-Sandy Springs, Roswell, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area (the Atlanta MSA). The Northern Atlanta Suburbs HMA is a popular location for residents who commute to jobs in the economic core of the MSA; it includes the cities of Marietta, Smyrna, Peachtree Corners, and Lawrenceville, which are concentrated along the Interstate 75 and Interstate 85 corridors northwest and northeast of the City of Atlanta, respectively.”4

Northern Atlanta Suburbs Housing Market Area (HMA)

Local Economy

Approximately 6,700 people are employed in the businesses, industries, and local government offices that help form the local economy of Holly Springs. From 2019 to 2020, employment in Holly Springs grew at a rate of 8.71%, from 6,170 employees to 6,700 employees.5 The largest industries in Holly Springs are educational services (905 people), retail trade (899 people), and construction (573 people), and the highest paying industries are finance and insurance ($80,866), information ($77,476), and health care and social assistance ($76,781).6

Veterans

Holly Springs has a large population of military veterans, higher than the national average per capita. Specifically, Holly Springs is home to more than twice as many Vietnam veterans than those who served during World War II, the Korean War, the 1990s Gulf War, and the Global War on Terror.7

Healthy Community Ranking

Cherokee County is ranked the third healthiest county in Georgia. 8 Holly Springs boasts numerous medical offices that draw residents from the surrounding region. These health destinations include the City’s Northside Family Medicine and Urgent Care, Wellstar Cherokee Health Park, and Kaiser Permanente Holly Springs Medical Office. Nearby Northside Hospital Cherokee in Canton is a full-service community hospital designated as a level II trauma center.

Poverty

Holly Springs has a poverty rate of 2.46%, with 336 out of 13,700 people living below the poverty line. This rate is significantly lower than the national average of 12.8%. Adult women between 55-64 make up the largest group of people living in poverty. Echoing the City’s larger demographic rates, most residents living below the poverty line are White (88.7%), followed by Hispanic (11.3%) and Black (less than 1%).9

Local Economy COMMUTE TIMES

Healthy Community Ranking

DEMOGRAPHICS Veterans HOUSING

metro Atlanta’s Predicted Growth

Homeownership rate in Holly Springs

$80,866

72.4% Highest salary

Veterans

Higher than the national average per capita

Healthy Ranking

Cherokee County is ranked the third healthiest county in Georgia of households below the poverty level

2.46%