Buford vs Snellville

A side-by-side comparison of Buford and Snellville: population, income, housing, and more.

Buford and Snellville are places in Georgia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Snellville has the higher population (21,203 vs 17,611 in Buford). Snellville has the higher median household income ($88,378 vs $71,598 in Buford). Buford has the higher median home value ($346,400 vs $293,400 in Snellville).

Population, income & housing

	Buford	Snellville
Population	17,611	21,203
Median age	35.1 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$71,598	$88,378
Median home value	$346,400	$293,400
Median gross rent	$1,256	$1,794
Housing units	5,896	7,492
Homeownership rate	70.5%	80.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3%	39.4%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buford	Snellville
Population	16,143 → 17,611 (+9.1%)	19,778 → 21,203 (+7.2%)
Median household income	$59,855 → $71,598 (+19.6%)	$74,535 → $88,378 (+18.6%)
Median home value	$239,100 → $346,400 (+44.9%)	$169,600 → $293,400 (+73.0%)
Median gross rent	$969 → $1,256 (+29.6%)	$1,469 → $1,794 (+22.1%)

Buford

Population

16,14317,611

Median household income

$59,855$71,598

Median home value

$239,100$346,400

Median gross rent

$969$1,256

Snellville

Population

19,77821,203

Median household income

$74,535$88,378

Median home value

$169,600$293,400

Median gross rent

$1,469$1,794

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buford	Snellville
Under 5	6.0%	3.4%
5 to 17	26.0%	18.1%
18 to 24	9.7%	8.6%
25 to 34	8.1%	14.2%
35 to 44	15.4%	10.5%
45 to 54	14.9%	11.7%
55 to 64	8.8%	15.2%
65 to 74	5.9%	9.2%
75 and over	5.2%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buford	Snellville
White (non-Hispanic)	48.6%	34.8%
Black or African American	11.2%	39.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.2%	9.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	29.8%	14.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buford	Snellville
No high school diploma	19.0%	9.5%
High school graduate	26.9%	23.9%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	29.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buford	Snellville
Drove alone	76.8%	66.1%
Carpooled	10.0%	11.9%
Public transit	0.2%	1.7%
Walked	0.1%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	16.0%
Other means	3.1%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buford	Snellville
1-unit, detached	69.6%	91.3%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	0.5%
20 or more units	6.4%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	8.7%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Buford	Snellville
Poverty rate	11.4%	7.1%
Average household size	3.34	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	24	38
Median year structure built	1994	1989