Lilburn vs Snellville

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

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

Snellville has the higher population (21,203 vs 14,939 in Lilburn). Snellville has the higher median household income ($88,378 vs $57,266 in Lilburn). Snellville has the higher median home value ($293,400 vs $278,600 in Lilburn).

Population, income & housing

	Lilburn	Snellville
Population	14,939	21,203
Median age	35.9 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$57,266	$88,378
Median home value	$278,600	$293,400
Median gross rent	$1,479	$1,794
Housing units	5,075	7,492
Homeownership rate	61.2%	80.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.8%	39.4%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lilburn	Snellville
Population	12,644 → 14,939 (+18.2%)	19,778 → 21,203 (+7.2%)
Median household income	$58,151 → $57,266 (-1.5%)	$74,535 → $88,378 (+18.6%)
Median home value	$175,300 → $278,600 (+58.9%)	$169,600 → $293,400 (+73.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,089 → $1,479 (+35.8%)	$1,469 → $1,794 (+22.1%)

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

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)

	Lilburn	Snellville
Under 5	6.1%	3.4%
5 to 17	26.2%	18.1%
18 to 24	6.7%	8.6%
25 to 34	9.8%	14.2%
35 to 44	16.1%	10.5%
45 to 54	11.8%	11.7%
55 to 64	8.1%	15.2%
65 to 74	7.9%	9.2%
75 and over	7.1%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lilburn	Snellville
White (non-Hispanic)	20.5%	34.8%
Black or African American	14.5%	39.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	12.7%	9.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.8%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.6%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	49.5%	14.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lilburn	Snellville
No high school diploma	24.0%	9.5%
High school graduate	29.7%	23.9%
Some college or associate's	20.5%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	29.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lilburn	Snellville
Drove alone	62.7%	66.1%
Carpooled	25.9%	11.9%
Public transit	0.6%	1.7%
Walked	1.1%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	16.0%
Other means	1.7%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lilburn	Snellville
1-unit, detached	72.3%	91.3%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	0.5%
20 or more units	8.9%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Lilburn	Snellville
Poverty rate	25.1%	7.1%
Average household size	3.06	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	32	38
Median year structure built	1987	1989