Norcross vs Snellville

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

Norcross 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 17,669 in Norcross). Snellville has the higher median household income ($88,378 vs $75,068 in Norcross). Norcross has the higher median home value ($375,900 vs $293,400 in Snellville).

Population, income & housing

	Norcross	Snellville
Population	17,669	21,203
Median age	34.1 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$75,068	$88,378
Median home value	$375,900	$293,400
Median gross rent	$1,654	$1,794
Housing units	7,114	7,492
Homeownership rate	57.9%	80.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.8%	39.4%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Norcross	Snellville
Population	16,458 → 17,669 (+7.4%)	19,778 → 21,203 (+7.2%)
Median household income	$58,236 → $75,068 (+28.9%)	$74,535 → $88,378 (+18.6%)
Median home value	$177,400 → $375,900 (+111.9%)	$169,600 → $293,400 (+73.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,205 → $1,654 (+37.3%)	$1,469 → $1,794 (+22.1%)

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

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)

	Norcross	Snellville
Under 5	6.2%	3.4%
5 to 17	20.6%	18.1%
18 to 24	6.4%	8.6%
25 to 34	19.5%	14.2%
35 to 44	15.4%	10.5%
45 to 54	13.5%	11.7%
55 to 64	9.2%	15.2%
65 to 74	5.3%	9.2%
75 and over	4.0%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Norcross	Snellville
White (non-Hispanic)	20.9%	34.8%
Black or African American	20.9%	39.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	15.2%	9.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.9%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	38.8%	14.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Norcross	Snellville
No high school diploma	16.3%	9.5%
High school graduate	19.9%	23.9%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	26.0%	29.4%
Graduate or professional degree	14.8%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Norcross	Snellville
Drove alone	66.0%	66.1%
Carpooled	12.4%	11.9%
Public transit	0.7%	1.7%
Walked	1.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.7%	16.0%
Other means	1.3%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Norcross	Snellville
1-unit, detached	48.4%	91.3%
1-unit, attached	20.7%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	16.3%	0.5%
20 or more units	6.9%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Norcross	Snellville
Poverty rate	13.3%	7.1%
Average household size	2.60	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	28	38
Median year structure built	1991	1989