Sugar Hill, Georgia
Area Profile
26,128 residents. Public schools, jobs, income, housing cost, climate and natural-hazard risk for Sugar Hill, in Gwinnett County.
How this area ranks
Data updated · 14 sourcesSugar Hill ranks in the top 1% of cities measured for employment opportunity, with unemployment at 2.6% and median household income of $107,389.
In the public schools here, 55% of students met the state standard in mathematics, with 14.5 students for every teacher. Math proficiency and 1 other measure here are published for Gwinnett County, GA, which contains Sugar Hill, rather than for Sugar Hill alone.
Development activity is both elevated and accelerating — 221 housing units permitted over the past twelve months, up 29% on the prior year. That follows a longer stretch moving the other way, through 2025.
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At a glance
Jobs & opportunity
Unemployment of 2.6%, lower than in 98% of the 4,226 measured US cities.
Employment grew 0.8% over the past year, to 14,622 employed residents.
48% of adults hold a four-year degree, higher than 88% of measured US cities.
Median household income of $107,389 is higher than in 85% of measured US cities.
| Metric | Value | Compared nationally | Source period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Income of new arrivalsGwinnett County, GA’s figurefiling years 2022–2023 | $63,186 | 33rd percentileof 4,101 | filing years 2022–2023 |
| Income of those who leftGwinnett County, GA’s figurefiling years 2022–2023 | $67,468 | 39th percentileof 4,101 | filing years 2022–2023 |
| Median household income ±$6,7782024 ACS 5-Year | $107,389 | Top 15%of 29,326 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Per capita income ±$2,7362024 ACS 5-Year | $42,359 | Top 28%of 31,420 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Poverty rate ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year | 7.4% | Top 35%of 31,773 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Average commute ±2.0 min2024 ACS 5-Year | 35.6 min | Bottom 15%of 31,543 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Bachelor's degree or higher ±4%2024 ACS 5-Year | 48.5% | Top 12%of 31,919 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Drove alone to work ±4%2024 ACS 5-Year | 67.2% | 22nd percentileof 31,433 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| EmploymentJuly 2026 | 14,622 | Bottom 12%of 4,226 | July 2026 |
| Employment change (3 years)July 2026 | +9.9% | Top 1%of 4,226 | July 2026 |
| Employment change (year over year)July 2026 | +0.8% | Top 20%of 4,226 | July 2026 |
| Labor forceJuly 2026 | 15,019 | 12th percentileof 4,226 | July 2026 |
| Labor force participation ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year | 81.3% | Top 38%of 31,513 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Mean annual wageAtlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area’s figure2025 OEWS | $71,900 | Top 38%of 3,729 | 2025 OEWS |
| Median annual wageAtlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area’s figure2025 OEWS | $51,170 | Bottom 49%of 3,729 | 2025 OEWS |
| Public transit to work ±0.3%2024 ACS 5-Year | 0.3% | 77th percentileof 31,433 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Unemployment change (year over year)July 2026 | −0.3% | Top 38%of 4,226 | July 2026 |
| Unemployment rateJuly 2026 | 2.6% | Top 2%of 4,226 | July 2026 |
| Worked from home ±4%2024 ACS 5-Year | 23.5% | 90th percentileof 31,433 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
Unemployment rate
Median household income, successive ACS releases
Largest occupations — Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
| Occupation | People employed | Median annual wage |
|---|---|---|
| Retail Salespersons | 84,970 | $32,850 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | 80,730 | $27,780 |
| Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand | 78,460 | $39,020 |
| General and Operations Managers | 69,320 | $111,410 |
| Customer Service Representatives | 59,990 | $42,710 |
| Registered Nurses | 56,460 | $100,490 |
Searches the 40 largest occupations here that have a published wage.
Occupational employment and wages are published for metropolitan areas rather than for individual cities or ZIP areas, so these describe the wider labor market this location sits in. 2025 OEWS, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
55% of students met the state standard in mathematics and 54% in reading, across the schools here that reported results. Math proficiency and 1 other measure here are published for Gwinnett County, GA, which contains Sugar Hill, rather than for Sugar Hill alone.
There are 14.5 students for every full-time teacher, fewer than in most measured places. The student-teacher ratio is published for Gwinnett County, GA, which contains Sugar Hill, rather than for Sugar Hill alone.
The proficiency and staffing figures above are for Gwinnett County, GA: too few schools in Sugar Hill reported a usable figure on their own to weight one honestly.
Public schools only, from the NCES Common Core of Data, placed by ZIP code — which schools are in this place, not which one a particular address is zoned for. A dash in a proficiency column is a gap in the federal file, not a bad result. Proficiency is measured against Georgia’s own standard, so it is ranked within state. How to read school figures.
Housing & affordability
How it’s calculated — housing affordability →Prices for everything a household buys run at about the national average — the Bureau of Economic Analysis index reads 100.5, against 100 for the nation. Nationally, housing drives most of the spread between places in this index; other goods vary far less.
Homeowners here who pay a tax bill pay a median of $3,993 a year in real estate taxes, about 0.97% of the median home value.
HUD’s Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom, set near the 40th percentile of recent new leases, is $1,909, close to the $1,862 tenants already here pay.
At HUD’s Fair Market Rent of $1,909 a month for a two-bedroom, keeping rent to 30% of income takes a household income of about $76,300 a year, about 71% of the median household income here of $107,389.
The typical renter household here spends 36% of its income on rent, above the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened. Median gross rent runs $1,862 a month.
A median home at $413,400 costs 3.6 times the median income of its owner-occupied households, $114,120, above the historic benchmark of about 3 times income.
Prices here run at about the national average. Where places do differ, housing drives most of it — goods vary far less — and this excludes taxes.
Published for the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area as a whole. Prices are regional — people shop, commute and rent across a metropolitan area rather than within a city boundary — so this describes the cost of living around this place better than a figure drawn to its own limits would.
The figures above are measured against Sugar Hill’s median household income of $107,389, which describes the place rather than you. Enter your own and the ratio is recomputed against it. It stays in this browser.
| Metric | Value | Compared nationally | Source period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cost of living indexthe Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area’s figure2023 | 100.5 | Top 44%of 3,700 | 2023 |
| Home price to income ±0.32024 ACS 5-Year | 3.6 | Bottom 23%of 26,901 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Homeownership rate ±4%2024 ACS 5-Year | 79.9% | 58th percentileof 31,840 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Housing units ±3722024 ACS 5-Year | 8,978 | 93rd percentileof 32,330 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Market rent, one bedroomFY2026 | $1,744 | Bottom 31%of 4,072 | FY2026 |
| Market rent, three bedroomFY2026 | $2,297 | Bottom 44%of 4,072 | FY2026 |
| Market rent, two bedroomFY2026 | $1,909 | Bottom 36%of 4,072 | FY2026 |
| Median gross rent ±$1372024 ACS 5-Year | $1,862 | Bottom 10%of 23,217 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Median home value ±$23,0322024 ACS 5-Year | $413,400 | 83rd percentileof 29,111 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Median property taxes ±$2732024 ACS 5-Year | $3,993 | 83rd percentileof 26,440 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Owner household income ±$7,8842024 ACS 5-Year | $114,120 | Top 18%of 27,548 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Property tax rate ±0.09%2024 ACS 5-Year | 0.97% | 50th percentileof 20,543 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Rent as a share of income ±5%2024 ACS 5-Year | 35.6% | Bottom 19%of 23,052 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Seasonal and second homes ±272024 ACS 5-Year | 0 | 1st percentileof 32,330 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Second homes2024 ACS 5-Year | 0.0% | 1st percentileof 31,895 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Vacancy rate2024 ACS 5-Year | 2.5% | 24th percentileof 31,895 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Vacant housing units ±1112024 ACS 5-Year | 228 | 80th percentileof 32,330 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
These measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with. They compare housing cost with local earnings only: transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not in them. How to read affordability, the two rent figures and the cost-of-living index.
Growth & development
How it’s calculated — growth →Development Momentum
An AreaProfile calculation combining permit volume per resident, its direction over one and three years, population change and employment growth. Permit volume alone is not the measure.
Population has grown 14% since 2020, reaching 28,598 in 2024.
Federal tax returns show Gwinnett County, which contains Sugar Hill, lost about 0.6% of its residents through moves within the US in the most recent year, counting those who arrived against those who left. Households that moved in reported an average income of $63,186, below the $67,468 of households that moved out.
At 8.5 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is above the median for measured US cities.
Population, annual estimates
People moving in and out
Where newcomers came from
- DeKalb County, GA 9,843 people · 19% of arrivals
- Fulton County, GA 5,960 people · 11% of arrivals
- Cobb County, GA 2,025 people · 3.8% of arrivals
- Hall County, GA 1,651 people · 3.1% of arrivals
- Forsyth County, GA 1,514 people · 2.9% of arrivals
Where people who left went
- DeKalb County, GA 7,162 people · 12% of departures
- Fulton County, GA 5,477 people · 9.5% of departures
- Hall County, GA 3,416 people · 5.9% of departures
- Barrow County, GA 3,413 people · 5.9% of departures
- Walton County, GA 2,935 people · 5.1% of departures
Based on the address on federal tax returns, compared with the same filers a year earlier. It counts people who file, and sees a move only when the address on a return changes. Domestic moves only: people arriving from abroad are left out. This is the figure for Gwinnett County, GA. IRS Statistics of Income, filing years 2022–2023.
Housing units permitted per year
Weather & climate
7 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 88°F and January a low of 34°F.
Normal annual precipitation is 52.4 inches.
Air quality measures a median index of 53, in the Moderate band, and one day a year passes 100, the threshold at which the air is unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Precipitation
| Metric | Value | Source period |
|---|---|---|
| 90th percentile air quality index2024 calendar year | 70 | 2024 calendar year |
| Annual precipitation1991-2020 Normals | 52.4" | 1991-2020 Normals |
| Average January low1991-2020 Normals | 34°F | 1991-2020 Normals |
| Average July high1991-2020 Normals | 88°F | 1991-2020 Normals |
| Comfortable months1991-2020 Normals | 7 | 1991-2020 Normals |
| Days above AQI 1002024 calendar year | 1 | 2024 calendar year |
| Median air quality index2024 calendar year | 53 | 2024 calendar year |
| Seasonal temperature swing1991-2020 Normals | 36°F | 1991-2020 Normals |
Air quality
A comfortable median and a bad tail are different problems. Wildfire smoke and summer ozone show up in the worst tenth of days, not in the middle of the year.
Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. Air quality is measured by EPA monitors and published by county only where a monitor sits; a county without one shows nothing rather than an estimate, and a county reading is still the county’s. How to read climate and air quality.
Physical risk
The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are inland flooding, tornado and cold wave, with inland flooding alone responsible for 65% of it. inland flooding and cold wave are independently rated low or minimal nationally, so this describes how the loss is composed, not how large those hazards are.
Low or minimal exposure: inland flooding, ice storm, cold wave, strong wind, heat wave, hurricane, winter weather, drought, wildfire, coastal flooding, tsunami, volcanic activity, avalanche.
Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. City values are the population-weighted mean of the counties the city overlaps, using AreaProfile place-to-county land-area weights. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.
These are deaths, not offenses — they say nothing about burglary, theft or assault.
Gwinnett County records 5.1 homicide deaths per 100,000 residents a year, near the middle of counties measured. The CDC does not publish this below county level.
Firearm deaths of all intents run at 11.0 per 100,000 — more than the homicide rate, since the figure counts suicides and accidents as well as homicides.
Drug overdose deaths run at 10.3 per 100,000 residents in Gwinnett County.
Firearm deaths count every intent together, and nationally the majority are suicides rather than homicides, so the firearm figure and the homicide figure above it count some of the same deaths twice over. They overlap and should not be added together.
Death rates are crude rates — deaths divided by population, not adjusted for age — except where a count was too small for the CDC to publish and it modeled the rate, which the card marks. They come from provisional death certificate records, published by the CDC by county and not below it. So they describe the county around Sugar Hill (Gwinnett County) rather than Sugar Hill itself. They are shown and not scored. How to read death rates.
What this profile does not cover
Each of these is absent for a reason, not by oversight. The Area Score is calculated without them; the weighting is on the methodology page.
- Reported crime
- Offenses reported to police are published by department rather than by town, so AreaProfile shows a rate only on city profiles, and only where that city’s department submitted every month of a year. Either no municipal department reports for this place — many smaller communities are policed by the county — or its department did not report every month of the year. Either way there is no figure to show. A partial year is never scaled up to look complete, and arrest counts or news volume are never substituted for it.
- Taxes
- Income and sales taxes are not published: no source covers them nationally with a method open enough to check. Property taxes are shown in the housing section but are not part of the score. The cost-of-living index above is a price level for all consumption, not a household budget, and it excludes taxes. Nothing here is individualized tax advice.
- Anything about a specific address
- Every figure describes an area, not a street or a house.
Access
1 major airport lies within 100 miles, the nearest Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta Intl at 38 miles.
| Metric | Value | Compared nationally | Source period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broadband access ±2%2024 ACS 5-Year | 96.3% | Top 19%of 31,711 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Distance to major airportNASR current cycle | 38 mi | Bottom 20%of 4,226 | NASR current cycle |
| Major airports within 100 milesNASR current cycle | 1 | Bottom 1%of 4,226 | NASR current cycle |
| No internet access ±1%2024 ACS 5-Year | 1.9% | Top 19%of 31,711 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Airport | Code | Distance | Longest runway |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta Intl | ATL | 38 mi | 12,390 ft |
| Donaldson Fld | GYH | 105 mi | 8,000 ft |
| Mc Ghee Tyson | TYS | 119 mi | 10,000 ft |
Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.
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Other cities in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
Same metropolitan area, measured the same way| City | County | Population | Area Score | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta | Fulton County | 505,268 | 70 | Atlanta vs Sugar Hill |
| South Fulton | Fulton County | 110,471 | 64 | South Fulton vs Sugar Hill |
| Sandy Springs | Fulton County | 107,087 | 77 | Sandy Springs vs Sugar Hill |
| Roswell | Fulton County | 92,621 | 77 | |
| Johns Creek | Fulton County | 81,988 | 72 | |
| Mableton | Cobb County | 77,678 | 64 | |
| Alpharetta | Fulton County | 66,855 | 82 | |
| Marietta | Cobb County | 62,263 | 73 | |
| Stonecrest | DeKalb County | 60,501 | 58 | |
| Brookhaven | DeKalb County | 57,855 | 74 | |
| Smyrna | Cobb County | 56,633 | 73 | |
| Dunwoody | DeKalb County | 51,758 | 72 |
Every city here is measured on the same scale from the same source releases, so the comparison is like for like. A higher Area Score reflects AreaProfile’s standardized weighting rather than a judgment about which is the better place to live.
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Data & methodology
| Used for | Source | Source period |
|---|---|---|
| Access | Federal Aviation Administration Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service | NASR current cycle |
| Physical risk | Federal Emergency Management Agency National Risk Index | National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0) |
| Demographics, Income | Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income Division U.S. Population Migration Data (county to county) | filing years 2022–2023 |
| Climate | NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly) | 1991-2020 Normals |
| Housing | U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional price parities and county personal income | 2023 |
| Jobs | U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Local Area Unemployment Statistics | July 2026 |
| Jobs | U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics | 2025 OEWS |
| Access, Demographics, Housing, Income, Jobs | U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File) | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Development | U.S. Census Bureau Building Permits Survey | 12 months ending July 2026 |
| Demographics | U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program | July 1, 2024 estimate |
| Safety | U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics Provisional county-level mortality by intent | March 2025 to February 2026; May 2025 to April 2026 |
| Schools | U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessments | 2018-19 school year; 2024-25 school year |
| Housing | U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research Fair Market Rents | FY2026 |
| Climate | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air Quality System Daily Air Quality Index by county | 2024 calendar year |
| Current conditions | NOAA National Weather Service National Weather Service current conditions | Live observation, read when the page opens |
Profile recalculated September 26, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology, or every source with how often each updates.