The median Ball Ground homeowner pays $2,622/year in property taxes. That is 2.23% of median household income. See how Ball Ground compares and check your savings potential.
Ball Ground takes its name from the Cherokee stickball games once played on this ground in northern Cherokee County, where the terrain starts folding into the North Georgia foothills. The town of about 2,856 has kept a walkable historic main street even as growth from Canton and the I-575 corridor pulls it into the metro orbit, and the estate plantings at Gibbs Gardens draw visitors from across the region. Housing costs real money here but sits a step below the county's headline numbers: the median Ball Ground home runs about $366,300, roughly 16 percent under Cherokee County's median of $435,100. Across Cherokee County, home values stretch from about $319,265 at the 25th percentile to $603,116 at the 75th, a wide band covering everything from Woodstock starter subdivisions to mountain acreage up this way. Ball Ground households are prosperous, with a median income of $117,829, and the bite is comparatively light: about 2.2 percent of household income goes to property tax against the county's effective rate of roughly 1.04 percent. A light rate is not the same as a correct assessment. Small north-county towns mix new builds and acreage tracts alongside older in-town cottages, exactly the varied stock that countywide appraisal models tend to flatten, and flattening usually rounds somebody up. If your notice values your place above what similar properties have actually sold for nearby, Georgia allows a 45-day window from the date printed on that notice to file an appeal, and it does not reopen.
Ball Ground Appeal Quick Facts
The median home in Ball Ground is valued at $366,300, and the typical homeowner pays about $2,622 per year in property tax (Census ACS 2024), based on Cherokee County's 2.599% combined millage applied to 40% of fair market value after exemptions. That means the typical Ball Ground homeowner spends 2.23% of household income on property taxes alone. If Cherokee County has overestimated your home's fair market value, you are paying more than you should. Georgia law guarantees that filing an appeal cannot increase your assessment, so there is no risk in checking. At $366,300, Ball Ground home values are 16% below the Cherokee County median, 115% above Georgia's statewide median of $170,200, 15% above the national median of $318,000.
Check If Your Ball Ground Home Is Overassessed
Waleska leads Cherokee County in home values, but your individual assessment could still be too high regardless of where Ball Ground falls in the county ranking.
In smaller communities like Ball Ground, finding comparable sales can be harder. Expand your search to other parts of Cherokee County. The Board of Equalization understands limited inventory in small towns. Focus on homes with similar square footage and condition, even if they are several miles away. For the full evidence strategy, exemption details, and step-by-step filing instructions, see our Cherokee County Property Tax Guide.
Based on a combined tax rate of 2.599%. Your actual rate may vary by tax district.
A 10% reduction on the median Ball Ground home ($366,300 down by $36,630) would save approximately $381 per year, or $1,143 over three years with the 299c value freeze.
At 2.23% of household income, even a modest reduction in your assessed value makes a real difference in your annual budget.
Property tax appeals in Ball Ground are filed with the Cherokee County Board of Assessors. You have 45 days from the date of your assessment notice to submit a PT-311A form.
Cherokee County Board of Assessors: 2782 Marietta Hwy, Suite 200, Canton, GA 30114 | 678-493-6120 For the full appeal process and deadline details, see our Cherokee County Property Tax Guide.
Based on 2024 American Community Survey estimates and Cherokee County millage rates.