Lawrenceville vs Suwanee

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

Lawrenceville and Suwanee 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 21,811 in Suwanee). Suwanee has the higher median household income ($105,878 vs $58,606 in Lawrenceville). Suwanee has the higher median home value ($439,700 vs $335,100 in Lawrenceville).

Population, income & housing

	Lawrenceville	Suwanee
Population	30,626	21,811
Median age	32.6 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$58,606	$105,878
Median home value	$335,100	$439,700
Median gross rent	$1,457	$1,826
Housing units	11,483	8,356
Homeownership rate	49.4%	62.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.5%	61.0%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lawrenceville	Suwanee
Population	29,719 → 30,626 (+3.1%)	19,743 → 21,811 (+10.5%)
Median household income	$52,585 → $58,606 (+11.5%)	$90,436 → $105,878 (+17.1%)
Median home value	$171,600 → $335,100 (+95.3%)	$308,900 → $439,700 (+42.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,027 → $1,457 (+41.9%)	$1,488 → $1,826 (+22.7%)

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

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)

	Lawrenceville	Suwanee
Under 5	5.8%	5.3%
5 to 17	19.0%	18.7%
18 to 24	12.9%	11.9%
25 to 34	16.2%	9.7%
35 to 44	12.7%	13.1%
45 to 54	11.1%	20.8%
55 to 64	10.3%	11.3%
65 to 74	6.3%	4.9%
75 and over	5.7%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lawrenceville	Suwanee
White (non-Hispanic)	29.6%	50.6%
Black or African American	30.7%	11.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	7.6%	27.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.8%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	26.0%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lawrenceville	Suwanee
No high school diploma	16.0%	2.8%
High school graduate	28.0%	14.1%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	40.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	20.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lawrenceville	Suwanee
Drove alone	66.5%	68.0%
Carpooled	16.1%	5.4%
Public transit	1.8%	1.3%
Walked	1.7%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	11.3%	24.2%
Other means	2.7%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lawrenceville	Suwanee
1-unit, detached	54.3%	52.6%
1-unit, attached	9.2%	14.2%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	12.7%	19.3%
20 or more units	13.1%	11.9%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Lawrenceville	Suwanee
Poverty rate	17.2%	10.0%
Average household size	2.71	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	33	30
Median year structure built	1987	2002