Duluth vs Sugar Hill

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

Duluth and Sugar Hill 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 25,285 in Sugar Hill). Sugar Hill has the higher median household income ($99,479 vs $95,580 in Duluth). Sugar Hill has the higher median home value ($375,900 vs $366,000 in Duluth).

Population, income & housing

	Duluth	Sugar Hill
Population	31,958	25,285
Median age	38.1 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$95,580	$99,479
Median home value	$366,000	$375,900
Median gross rent	$1,785	$1,738
Housing units	13,051	8,698
Homeownership rate	56.2%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.1%	46.5%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Duluth	Sugar Hill
Population	29,370 → 31,958 (+8.8%)	23,121 → 25,285 (+9.4%)
Median household income	$71,220 → $95,580 (+34.2%)	$87,090 → $99,479 (+14.2%)
Median home value	$229,600 → $366,000 (+59.4%)	$232,500 → $375,900 (+61.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,366 → $1,785 (+30.7%)	$1,263 → $1,738 (+37.6%)

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

Sugar Hill

Population

23,12125,285

Median household income

$87,090$99,479

Median home value

$232,500$375,900

Median gross rent

$1,263$1,738

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Duluth	Sugar Hill
Under 5	6.4%	8.4%
5 to 17	16.6%	20.8%
18 to 24	6.1%	7.4%
25 to 34	16.2%	10.6%
35 to 44	14.5%	17.7%
45 to 54	14.8%	15.0%
55 to 64	14.1%	11.2%
65 to 74	6.9%	5.6%
75 and over	4.6%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Duluth	Sugar Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	33.2%	49.4%
Black or African American	23.0%	16.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	23.4%	13.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	5.1%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	15.2%	18.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Duluth	Sugar Hill
No high school diploma	5.0%	8.1%
High school graduate	18.3%	19.7%
Some college or associate's	23.6%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	32.0%	30.3%
Graduate or professional degree	21.1%	16.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Duluth	Sugar Hill
Drove alone	65.9%	69.6%
Carpooled	12.8%	10.5%
Public transit	0.3%	0.2%
Walked	1.7%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.6%	19.1%
Other means	1.7%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Duluth	Sugar Hill
1-unit, detached	47.9%	78.0%
1-unit, attached	15.2%	9.8%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	18.6%	1.5%
20 or more units	13.8%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Duluth	Sugar Hill
Poverty rate	6.6%	9.5%
Average household size	2.55	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	32	33
Median year structure built	1994	2002