Norcross vs Sugar Hill

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

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

Sugar Hill has the higher population (25,285 vs 17,669 in Norcross). Sugar Hill has the higher median household income ($99,479 vs $75,068 in Norcross). Both have a median home value of $375,900.

Population, income & housing

	Norcross	Sugar Hill
Population	17,669	25,285
Median age	34.1 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$75,068	$99,479
Median home value	$375,900	$375,900
Median gross rent	$1,654	$1,738
Housing units	7,114	8,698
Homeownership rate	57.9%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.8%	46.5%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Norcross	Sugar Hill
Population	16,458 → 17,669 (+7.4%)	23,121 → 25,285 (+9.4%)
Median household income	$58,236 → $75,068 (+28.9%)	$87,090 → $99,479 (+14.2%)
Median home value	$177,400 → $375,900 (+111.9%)	$232,500 → $375,900 (+61.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,205 → $1,654 (+37.3%)	$1,263 → $1,738 (+37.6%)

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

Sugar Hill

Population

23,12125,285

Median household income

$87,090$99,479

Median home value

$232,500$375,900

Median gross rent

$1,263$1,738

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Norcross	Sugar Hill
Under 5	6.2%	8.4%
5 to 17	20.6%	20.8%
18 to 24	6.4%	7.4%
25 to 34	19.5%	10.6%
35 to 44	15.4%	17.7%
45 to 54	13.5%	15.0%
55 to 64	9.2%	11.2%
65 to 74	5.3%	5.6%
75 and over	4.0%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Norcross	Sugar Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	20.9%	49.4%
Black or African American	20.9%	16.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	15.2%	13.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.9%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	38.8%	18.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Norcross	Sugar Hill
No high school diploma	16.3%	8.1%
High school graduate	19.9%	19.7%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	26.0%	30.3%
Graduate or professional degree	14.8%	16.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Norcross	Sugar Hill
Drove alone	66.0%	69.6%
Carpooled	12.4%	10.5%
Public transit	0.7%	0.2%
Walked	1.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.7%	19.1%
Other means	1.3%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Norcross	Sugar Hill
1-unit, detached	48.4%	78.0%
1-unit, attached	20.7%	9.8%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	16.3%	1.5%
20 or more units	6.9%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Norcross	Sugar Hill
Poverty rate	13.3%	9.5%
Average household size	2.60	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	28	33
Median year structure built	1991	2002