Georgia · Census place 1355776

Norcross, Georgia

Norcross is a city in Gwinnett County, Georgia with an estimated 18,902 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 64th largest of 305 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
18,902
#64 of 305 in Georgia
Change since 2020
+7.7%
+1,358 people
Land area
6.1 sq mi
+ 0.02 sq mi water
Density
3,079 / sq mi
State median 1,234
Orange pin: Norcross. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Atlanta.

Norcross population, 2020 to 2024

Norcross added 1,358 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +7.7%. In the latest year it moved by +712. Among 148 Georgia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 52nd; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Georgia has 16,252 people, so Norcross is 1.2 times that size.

17.5k202017.7k202117.8k202218.2k202318.9k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 17,211. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Norcross covers 6.14 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 3,079 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Norcross is denser than the typical town.

What county Norcross is in

All of Norcross's residents live in Gwinnett County, which had 1,003,869 residents in 2024. Norcross holds 1.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Norcross

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Norcross by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 30071. 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 Norcross is

The Census internal point of Norcross is at 33.937400, -84.205600. Atlanta, the capital, is 16.7 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Peachtree Corners, GA (42,638 people), 2.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Sandy Springs, GA, 9.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
33.937400, -84.205600
DMS
33°56'14.64"N 84°12'20.16"W
UTM
16N 758284.8E 3758733.1N
Geohash
dnh15f57e
Plus code
865QWQPV+XQ

Daylight in Norcross

At 33.94° N, Norcross gets about 14 h 25 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 54 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 31 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Norcross

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Peachtree Corners, 2.6 miles away, with 42,638 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Norcross, GA?

18,902 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,358 (7.7%) from 17,544 in July 2020.

What county is Norcross in?

Gwinnett County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Norcross?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 30071.

How far is Norcross from Atlanta?

16.7 miles (26.9 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Norcross.

What is the nearest larger city to Norcross?

Peachtree Corners, GA, with 42,638 residents, 2.5 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.