Buford, Georgia

Buford population, 2020 to 2024

Buford added 1,519 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +8.9%. In the latest year it moved by +251. Among 148 Georgia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 45th; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Georgia has 16,252 people, so Buford is 1.1 times that size.

Buford covers 19.02 square miles of land and 0.09 of water, for 980 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Buford is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Buford spans

Buford crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 18,642 residents as follows; Gwinnett County holds 83.9% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Buford

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Buford by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 30518, 30519. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Buford is

The Census internal point of Buford is at 34.118600, -83.988600. Atlanta, the capital, is 34.3 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Sugar Hill, GA (28,598 people), 3.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Sandy Springs, GA, 25.4 miles away.

Daylight in Buford

At 34.12° N, Buford gets about 14 h 26 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 53 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 33 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Buford

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Sugar Hill, 3.4 miles away, with 28,598 people.