Norcross vs Suwanee

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

Norcross 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 17,669 in Norcross). Suwanee has the higher median household income ($105,878 vs $75,068 in Norcross). Suwanee has the higher median home value ($439,700 vs $375,900 in Norcross).

Population, income & housing

	Norcross	Suwanee
Population	17,669	21,811
Median age	34.1 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$75,068	$105,878
Median home value	$375,900	$439,700
Median gross rent	$1,654	$1,826
Housing units	7,114	8,356
Homeownership rate	57.9%	62.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.8%	61.0%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Norcross	Suwanee
Population	16,458 → 17,669 (+7.4%)	19,743 → 21,811 (+10.5%)
Median household income	$58,236 → $75,068 (+28.9%)	$90,436 → $105,878 (+17.1%)
Median home value	$177,400 → $375,900 (+111.9%)	$308,900 → $439,700 (+42.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,205 → $1,654 (+37.3%)	$1,488 → $1,826 (+22.7%)

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

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)

	Norcross	Suwanee
Under 5	6.2%	5.3%
5 to 17	20.6%	18.7%
18 to 24	6.4%	11.9%
25 to 34	19.5%	9.7%
35 to 44	15.4%	13.1%
45 to 54	13.5%	20.8%
55 to 64	9.2%	11.3%
65 to 74	5.3%	4.9%
75 and over	4.0%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Norcross	Suwanee
White (non-Hispanic)	20.9%	50.6%
Black or African American	20.9%	11.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	15.2%	27.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.9%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	38.8%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Norcross	Suwanee
No high school diploma	16.3%	2.8%
High school graduate	19.9%	14.1%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	26.0%	40.6%
Graduate or professional degree	14.8%	20.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Norcross	Suwanee
Drove alone	66.0%	68.0%
Carpooled	12.4%	5.4%
Public transit	0.7%	1.3%
Walked	1.0%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	18.7%	24.2%
Other means	1.3%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Norcross	Suwanee
1-unit, detached	48.4%	52.6%
1-unit, attached	20.7%	14.2%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	16.3%	19.3%
20 or more units	6.9%	11.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Norcross	Suwanee
Poverty rate	13.3%	10.0%
Average household size	2.60	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1991	2002