Duluth vs Snellville

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

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

Duluth has the higher population (31,958 vs 21,203 in Snellville). Duluth has the higher median household income ($95,580 vs $88,378 in Snellville). Duluth has the higher median home value ($366,000 vs $293,400 in Snellville).

Population, income & housing

	Duluth	Snellville
Population	31,958	21,203
Median age	38.1 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$95,580	$88,378
Median home value	$366,000	$293,400
Median gross rent	$1,785	$1,794
Housing units	13,051	7,492
Homeownership rate	56.2%	80.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.1%	39.4%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Duluth	Snellville
Population	29,370 → 31,958 (+8.8%)	19,778 → 21,203 (+7.2%)
Median household income	$71,220 → $95,580 (+34.2%)	$74,535 → $88,378 (+18.6%)
Median home value	$229,600 → $366,000 (+59.4%)	$169,600 → $293,400 (+73.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,366 → $1,785 (+30.7%)	$1,469 → $1,794 (+22.1%)

Duluth

Population

29,37031,958

Median household income

$71,220$95,580

Median home value

$229,600$366,000

Median gross rent

$1,366$1,785

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)

	Duluth	Snellville
Under 5	6.4%	3.4%
5 to 17	16.6%	18.1%
18 to 24	6.1%	8.6%
25 to 34	16.2%	14.2%
35 to 44	14.5%	10.5%
45 to 54	14.8%	11.7%
55 to 64	14.1%	15.2%
65 to 74	6.9%	9.2%
75 and over	4.6%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Duluth	Snellville
White (non-Hispanic)	33.2%	34.8%
Black or African American	23.0%	39.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	23.4%	9.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.1%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	15.2%	14.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Duluth	Snellville
No high school diploma	5.0%	9.5%
High school graduate	18.3%	23.9%
Some college or associate's	23.6%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	32.0%	29.4%
Graduate or professional degree	21.1%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Duluth	Snellville
Drove alone	65.9%	66.1%
Carpooled	12.8%	11.9%
Public transit	0.3%	1.7%
Walked	1.7%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.6%	16.0%
Other means	1.7%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Duluth	Snellville
1-unit, detached	47.9%	91.3%
1-unit, attached	15.2%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	18.6%	0.5%
20 or more units	13.8%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Duluth	Snellville
Poverty rate	6.6%	7.1%
Average household size	2.55	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	32	38
Median year structure built	1994	1989