Sugar Hill vs Suwanee

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

Sugar Hill and Suwanee 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 21,811 in Suwanee). Suwanee has the higher median household income ($105,878 vs $99,479 in Sugar Hill). Suwanee has the higher median home value ($439,700 vs $375,900 in Sugar Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Sugar Hill	Suwanee
Population	25,285	21,811
Median age	36.3 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$99,479	$105,878
Median home value	$375,900	$439,700
Median gross rent	$1,738	$1,826
Housing units	8,698	8,356
Homeownership rate	78.8%	62.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.5%	61.0%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sugar Hill	Suwanee
Population	23,121 → 25,285 (+9.4%)	19,743 → 21,811 (+10.5%)
Median household income	$87,090 → $99,479 (+14.2%)	$90,436 → $105,878 (+17.1%)
Median home value	$232,500 → $375,900 (+61.7%)	$308,900 → $439,700 (+42.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,263 → $1,738 (+37.6%)	$1,488 → $1,826 (+22.7%)

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

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)

	Sugar Hill	Suwanee
Under 5	8.4%	5.3%
5 to 17	20.8%	18.7%
18 to 24	7.4%	11.9%
25 to 34	10.6%	9.7%
35 to 44	17.7%	13.1%
45 to 54	15.0%	20.8%
55 to 64	11.2%	11.3%
65 to 74	5.6%	4.9%
75 and over	3.3%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sugar Hill	Suwanee
White (non-Hispanic)	49.4%	50.6%
Black or African American	16.0%	11.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	13.0%	27.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	18.8%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sugar Hill	Suwanee
No high school diploma	8.1%	2.8%
High school graduate	19.7%	14.1%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	30.3%	40.6%
Graduate or professional degree	16.2%	20.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sugar Hill	Suwanee
Drove alone	69.6%	68.0%
Carpooled	10.5%	5.4%
Public transit	0.2%	1.3%
Walked	0.2%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	19.1%	24.2%
Other means	0.3%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sugar Hill	Suwanee
1-unit, detached	78.0%	52.6%
1-unit, attached	9.8%	14.2%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	19.3%
20 or more units	2.8%	11.9%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Sugar Hill	Suwanee
Poverty rate	9.5%	10.0%
Average household size	2.96	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	33	30
Median year structure built	2002	2002