Duluth vs Suwanee

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

Duluth and Suwanee 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 21,811 in Suwanee). Suwanee has the higher median household income ($105,878 vs $95,580 in Duluth). Suwanee has the higher median home value ($439,700 vs $366,000 in Duluth).

Population, income & housing

	Duluth	Suwanee
Population	31,958	21,811
Median age	38.1 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$95,580	$105,878
Median home value	$366,000	$439,700
Median gross rent	$1,785	$1,826
Housing units	13,051	8,356
Homeownership rate	56.2%	62.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.1%	61.0%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Duluth	Suwanee
Population	29,370 → 31,958 (+8.8%)	19,743 → 21,811 (+10.5%)
Median household income	$71,220 → $95,580 (+34.2%)	$90,436 → $105,878 (+17.1%)
Median home value	$229,600 → $366,000 (+59.4%)	$308,900 → $439,700 (+42.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,366 → $1,785 (+30.7%)	$1,488 → $1,826 (+22.7%)

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

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)

	Duluth	Suwanee
Under 5	6.4%	5.3%
5 to 17	16.6%	18.7%
18 to 24	6.1%	11.9%
25 to 34	16.2%	9.7%
35 to 44	14.5%	13.1%
45 to 54	14.8%	20.8%
55 to 64	14.1%	11.3%
65 to 74	6.9%	4.9%
75 and over	4.6%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Duluth	Suwanee
White (non-Hispanic)	33.2%	50.6%
Black or African American	23.0%	11.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	23.4%	27.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.1%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	15.2%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Duluth	Suwanee
No high school diploma	5.0%	2.8%
High school graduate	18.3%	14.1%
Some college or associate's	23.6%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	32.0%	40.6%
Graduate or professional degree	21.1%	20.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Duluth	Suwanee
Drove alone	65.9%	68.0%
Carpooled	12.8%	5.4%
Public transit	0.3%	1.3%
Walked	1.7%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	17.6%	24.2%
Other means	1.7%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Duluth	Suwanee
1-unit, detached	47.9%	52.6%
1-unit, attached	15.2%	14.2%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	18.6%	19.3%
20 or more units	13.8%	11.9%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Duluth	Suwanee
Poverty rate	6.6%	10.0%
Average household size	2.55	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	32	30
Median year structure built	1994	2002