Buford vs Suwanee

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

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

Suwanee has the higher population (21,811 vs 17,611 in Buford). Suwanee has the higher median household income ($105,878 vs $71,598 in Buford). Suwanee has the higher median home value ($439,700 vs $346,400 in Buford).

Population, income & housing

	Buford	Suwanee
Population	17,611	21,811
Median age	35.1 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$71,598	$105,878
Median home value	$346,400	$439,700
Median gross rent	$1,256	$1,826
Housing units	5,896	8,356
Homeownership rate	70.5%	62.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3%	61.0%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buford	Suwanee
Population	16,143 → 17,611 (+9.1%)	19,743 → 21,811 (+10.5%)
Median household income	$59,855 → $71,598 (+19.6%)	$90,436 → $105,878 (+17.1%)
Median home value	$239,100 → $346,400 (+44.9%)	$308,900 → $439,700 (+42.3%)
Median gross rent	$969 → $1,256 (+29.6%)	$1,488 → $1,826 (+22.7%)

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

Suwanee

Population

19,74321,811

Median household income

$90,436$105,878

Median home value

$308,900$439,700

Median gross rent

$1,488$1,826

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buford	Suwanee
Under 5	6.0%	5.3%
5 to 17	26.0%	18.7%
18 to 24	9.7%	11.9%
25 to 34	8.1%	9.7%
35 to 44	15.4%	13.1%
45 to 54	14.9%	20.8%
55 to 64	8.8%	11.3%
65 to 74	5.9%	4.9%
75 and over	5.2%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buford	Suwanee
White (non-Hispanic)	48.6%	50.6%
Black or African American	11.2%	11.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	7.2%	27.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.0%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	29.8%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buford	Suwanee
No high school diploma	19.0%	2.8%
High school graduate	26.9%	14.1%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	40.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	20.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buford	Suwanee
Drove alone	76.8%	68.0%
Carpooled	10.0%	5.4%
Public transit	0.2%	1.3%
Walked	0.1%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	9.7%	24.2%
Other means	3.1%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buford	Suwanee
1-unit, detached	69.6%	52.6%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	14.2%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	19.3%
20 or more units	6.4%	11.9%
Mobile home & other	8.7%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Buford	Suwanee
Poverty rate	11.4%	10.0%
Average household size	3.34	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1994	2002