Lawrenceville vs Snellville

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

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

Lawrenceville has the higher population (30,626 vs 21,203 in Snellville). Snellville has the higher median household income ($88,378 vs $58,606 in Lawrenceville). Lawrenceville has the higher median home value ($335,100 vs $293,400 in Snellville).

Population, income & housing

	Lawrenceville	Snellville
Population	30,626	21,203
Median age	32.6 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$58,606	$88,378
Median home value	$335,100	$293,400
Median gross rent	$1,457	$1,794
Housing units	11,483	7,492
Homeownership rate	49.4%	80.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.5%	39.4%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lawrenceville	Snellville
Population	29,719 → 30,626 (+3.1%)	19,778 → 21,203 (+7.2%)
Median household income	$52,585 → $58,606 (+11.5%)	$74,535 → $88,378 (+18.6%)
Median home value	$171,600 → $335,100 (+95.3%)	$169,600 → $293,400 (+73.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,027 → $1,457 (+41.9%)	$1,469 → $1,794 (+22.1%)

Lawrenceville

Population

29,71930,626

Median household income

$52,585$58,606

Median home value

$171,600$335,100

Median gross rent

$1,027$1,457

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)

	Lawrenceville	Snellville
Under 5	5.8%	3.4%
5 to 17	19.0%	18.1%
18 to 24	12.9%	8.6%
25 to 34	16.2%	14.2%
35 to 44	12.7%	10.5%
45 to 54	11.1%	11.7%
55 to 64	10.3%	15.2%
65 to 74	6.3%	9.2%
75 and over	5.7%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lawrenceville	Snellville
White (non-Hispanic)	29.6%	34.8%
Black or African American	30.7%	39.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	7.6%	9.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.8%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	26.0%	14.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lawrenceville	Snellville
No high school diploma	16.0%	9.5%
High school graduate	28.0%	23.9%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	29.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lawrenceville	Snellville
Drove alone	66.5%	66.1%
Carpooled	16.1%	11.9%
Public transit	1.8%	1.7%
Walked	1.7%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	16.0%
Other means	2.7%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lawrenceville	Snellville
1-unit, detached	54.3%	91.3%
1-unit, attached	9.2%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	12.7%	0.5%
20 or more units	13.1%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Lawrenceville	Snellville
Poverty rate	17.2%	7.1%
Average household size	2.71	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	33	38
Median year structure built	1987	1989