Lilburn vs Suwanee

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

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

Suwanee has the higher population (21,811 vs 14,939 in Lilburn). Suwanee has the higher median household income ($105,878 vs $57,266 in Lilburn). Suwanee has the higher median home value ($439,700 vs $278,600 in Lilburn).

Population, income & housing

	Lilburn	Suwanee
Population	14,939	21,811
Median age	35.9 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$57,266	$105,878
Median home value	$278,600	$439,700
Median gross rent	$1,479	$1,826
Housing units	5,075	8,356
Homeownership rate	61.2%	62.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.8%	61.0%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lilburn	Suwanee
Population	12,644 → 14,939 (+18.2%)	19,743 → 21,811 (+10.5%)
Median household income	$58,151 → $57,266 (-1.5%)	$90,436 → $105,878 (+17.1%)
Median home value	$175,300 → $278,600 (+58.9%)	$308,900 → $439,700 (+42.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,089 → $1,479 (+35.8%)	$1,488 → $1,826 (+22.7%)

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

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)

	Lilburn	Suwanee
Under 5	6.1%	5.3%
5 to 17	26.2%	18.7%
18 to 24	6.7%	11.9%
25 to 34	9.8%	9.7%
35 to 44	16.1%	13.1%
45 to 54	11.8%	20.8%
55 to 64	8.1%	11.3%
65 to 74	7.9%	4.9%
75 and over	7.1%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lilburn	Suwanee
White (non-Hispanic)	20.5%	50.6%
Black or African American	14.5%	11.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	12.7%	27.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.8%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.6%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	49.5%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lilburn	Suwanee
No high school diploma	24.0%	2.8%
High school graduate	29.7%	14.1%
Some college or associate's	20.5%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	40.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	20.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lilburn	Suwanee
Drove alone	62.7%	68.0%
Carpooled	25.9%	5.4%
Public transit	0.6%	1.3%
Walked	1.1%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	7.8%	24.2%
Other means	1.7%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lilburn	Suwanee
1-unit, detached	72.3%	52.6%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	14.2%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	19.3%
20 or more units	8.9%	11.9%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Lilburn	Suwanee
Poverty rate	25.1%	10.0%
Average household size	3.06	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	32	30
Median year structure built	1987	2002