Lawrenceville vs Sugar Hill

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

Lawrenceville and Sugar Hill 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 25,285 in Sugar Hill). Sugar Hill has the higher median household income ($99,479 vs $58,606 in Lawrenceville). Sugar Hill has the higher median home value ($375,900 vs $335,100 in Lawrenceville).

Population, income & housing

	Lawrenceville	Sugar Hill
Population	30,626	25,285
Median age	32.6 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$58,606	$99,479
Median home value	$335,100	$375,900
Median gross rent	$1,457	$1,738
Housing units	11,483	8,698
Homeownership rate	49.4%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.5%	46.5%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lawrenceville	Sugar Hill
Population	29,719 → 30,626 (+3.1%)	23,121 → 25,285 (+9.4%)
Median household income	$52,585 → $58,606 (+11.5%)	$87,090 → $99,479 (+14.2%)
Median home value	$171,600 → $335,100 (+95.3%)	$232,500 → $375,900 (+61.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,027 → $1,457 (+41.9%)	$1,263 → $1,738 (+37.6%)

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

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)

	Lawrenceville	Sugar Hill
Under 5	5.8%	8.4%
5 to 17	19.0%	20.8%
18 to 24	12.9%	7.4%
25 to 34	16.2%	10.6%
35 to 44	12.7%	17.7%
45 to 54	11.1%	15.0%
55 to 64	10.3%	11.2%
65 to 74	6.3%	5.6%
75 and over	5.7%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lawrenceville	Sugar Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	29.6%	49.4%
Black or African American	30.7%	16.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	7.6%	13.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	5.8%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	26.0%	18.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lawrenceville	Sugar Hill
No high school diploma	16.0%	8.1%
High school graduate	28.0%	19.7%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	30.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	16.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lawrenceville	Sugar Hill
Drove alone	66.5%	69.6%
Carpooled	16.1%	10.5%
Public transit	1.8%	0.2%
Walked	1.7%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	19.1%
Other means	2.7%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lawrenceville	Sugar Hill
1-unit, detached	54.3%	78.0%
1-unit, attached	9.2%	9.8%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	12.7%	1.5%
20 or more units	13.1%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Lawrenceville	Sugar Hill
Poverty rate	17.2%	9.5%
Average household size	2.71	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	33	33
Median year structure built	1987	2002