Lilburn vs Norcross

A side-by-side comparison of Lilburn and Norcross: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Norcross has the higher population (17,669 vs 14,939 in Lilburn). Norcross has the higher median household income ($75,068 vs $57,266 in Lilburn). Norcross has the higher median home value ($375,900 vs $278,600 in Lilburn).

Population, income & housing

	Lilburn	Norcross
Population	14,939	17,669
Median age	35.9 yrs	34.1 yrs
Median household income	$57,266	$75,068
Median home value	$278,600	$375,900
Median gross rent	$1,479	$1,654
Housing units	5,075	7,114
Homeownership rate	61.2%	57.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.8%	40.8%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lilburn	Norcross
Population	12,644 → 14,939 (+18.2%)	16,458 → 17,669 (+7.4%)
Median household income	$58,151 → $57,266 (-1.5%)	$58,236 → $75,068 (+28.9%)
Median home value	$175,300 → $278,600 (+58.9%)	$177,400 → $375,900 (+111.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,089 → $1,479 (+35.8%)	$1,205 → $1,654 (+37.3%)

Lilburn

Population

12,64414,939

Median household income

$58,151$57,266

Median home value

$175,300$278,600

Median gross rent

$1,089$1,479

Norcross

Population

16,45817,669

Median household income

$58,236$75,068

Median home value

$177,400$375,900

Median gross rent

$1,205$1,654

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lilburn	Norcross
Under 5	6.1%	6.2%
5 to 17	26.2%	20.6%
18 to 24	6.7%	6.4%
25 to 34	9.8%	19.5%
35 to 44	16.1%	15.4%
45 to 54	11.8%	13.5%
55 to 64	8.1%	9.2%
65 to 74	7.9%	5.3%
75 and over	7.1%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lilburn	Norcross
White (non-Hispanic)	20.5%	20.9%
Black or African American	14.5%	20.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	12.7%	15.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.8%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.6%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	49.5%	38.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lilburn	Norcross
No high school diploma	24.0%	16.3%
High school graduate	29.7%	19.9%
Some college or associate's	20.5%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	26.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	14.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lilburn	Norcross
Drove alone	62.7%	66.0%
Carpooled	25.9%	12.4%
Public transit	0.6%	0.7%
Walked	1.1%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	18.7%
Other means	1.7%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lilburn	Norcross
1-unit, detached	72.3%	48.4%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	20.7%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	16.3%
20 or more units	8.9%	6.9%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lilburn	Norcross
Poverty rate	25.1%	13.3%
Average household size	3.06	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	32	28
Median year structure built	1987	1991