Snellville vs Suwanee

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

Snellville 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 21,203 in Snellville). Suwanee has the higher median household income ($105,878 vs $88,378 in Snellville). Suwanee has the higher median home value ($439,700 vs $293,400 in Snellville).

Population, income & housing

	Snellville	Suwanee
Population	21,203	21,811
Median age	41.8 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$88,378	$105,878
Median home value	$293,400	$439,700
Median gross rent	$1,794	$1,826
Housing units	7,492	8,356
Homeownership rate	80.5%	62.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.4%	61.0%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Snellville	Suwanee
Population	19,778 → 21,203 (+7.2%)	19,743 → 21,811 (+10.5%)
Median household income	$74,535 → $88,378 (+18.6%)	$90,436 → $105,878 (+17.1%)
Median home value	$169,600 → $293,400 (+73.0%)	$308,900 → $439,700 (+42.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,469 → $1,794 (+22.1%)	$1,488 → $1,826 (+22.7%)

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

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)

	Snellville	Suwanee
Under 5	3.4%	5.3%
5 to 17	18.1%	18.7%
18 to 24	8.6%	11.9%
25 to 34	14.2%	9.7%
35 to 44	10.5%	13.1%
45 to 54	11.7%	20.8%
55 to 64	15.2%	11.3%
65 to 74	9.2%	4.9%
75 and over	9.2%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Snellville	Suwanee
White (non-Hispanic)	34.8%	50.6%
Black or African American	39.0%	11.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	9.3%	27.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.9%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	14.5%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Snellville	Suwanee
No high school diploma	9.5%	2.8%
High school graduate	23.9%	14.1%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	29.4%	40.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	20.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Snellville	Suwanee
Drove alone	66.1%	68.0%
Carpooled	11.9%	5.4%
Public transit	1.7%	1.3%
Walked	1.6%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	16.0%	24.2%
Other means	2.8%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Snellville	Suwanee
1-unit, detached	91.3%	52.6%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	14.2%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	19.3%
20 or more units	0.6%	11.9%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Snellville	Suwanee
Poverty rate	7.1%	10.0%
Average household size	2.94	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	38	30
Median year structure built	1989	2002