Georgia · Census place 1374180

Sugar Hill, Georgia

Sugar Hill is a city in Gwinnett County, Georgia with an estimated 28,598 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 43rd largest of 305 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
28,598
#43 of 305 in Georgia
Change since 2020
+13.8%
+3,463 people
Land area
11.3 sq mi
+ 0.06 sq mi water
Density
2,533 / sq mi
State median 1,234
Orange pin: Sugar Hill. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Atlanta.

Sugar Hill population, 2020 to 2024

Sugar Hill added 3,463 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +13.8%. In the latest year it moved by +2,487. Among 148 Georgia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 30th; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Georgia has 16,252 people, so Sugar Hill is 1.8 times that size.

25.1k202025.3k202125.5k202226.1k202328.6k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 25,075. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Sugar Hill covers 11.29 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 2,533 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Sugar Hill is denser than the typical town.

What county Sugar Hill is in

All of Sugar Hill's residents live in Gwinnett County, which had 1,003,869 residents in 2024. Sugar Hill holds 2.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Sugar Hill

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Sugar Hill by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 30518. 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 Sugar Hill is

The Census internal point of Sugar Hill is at 34.086000, -84.034000. Atlanta, the capital, is 30.9 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Duluth, GA (33,157 people), 8.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Sandy Springs, GA, 21.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
34.086000, -84.034000
DMS
34°05'9.60"N 84°02'2.40"W
UTM
16N 773673.1E 3775663.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
866Q3XP8+CC

Daylight in Sugar Hill

At 34.09° N, Sugar Hill 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 Sugar Hill

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Suwanee, 3.0 miles away, with 23,062 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Sugar Hill, GA?

28,598 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 3,463 (13.8%) from 25,135 in July 2020.

What county is Sugar Hill in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Sugar Hill?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 30518.

How far is Sugar Hill from Atlanta?

30.9 miles (49.7 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Sugar Hill.

What is the nearest larger city to Sugar Hill?

Duluth, GA, with 33,157 residents, 8.9 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.