Sugar Hill is a medium-sized city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 25,889 people and seven associated neighborhoods, Sugar Hill is the 45th largest community in Georgia. Sugar Hill has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Sugar Hill, where the median household income is $99,479.00.
Sugar Hill real estate is some of the most expensive in Georgia, although Sugar Hill house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.
Also of interest is that Sugar Hill has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 19.15% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
Because of many things, Sugar Hill is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Sugar Hill really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Sugar Hill perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.
One downside of living in Sugar Hill is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Sugar Hill, the average commute to work is 33.31 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
The citizens of Sugar Hill are among the most well-educated in the nation: 46.53% of adults in Sugar Hill have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Sugar Hill in 2022 was $40,887, which is wealthy relative to Georgia, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $163,548 for a family of four. However, Sugar Hill contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Sugar Hill is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Sugar Hill home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Sugar Hill residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Sugar Hill also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.80% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Sugar Hill include English, European, German, Irish, and Nigerian.
In addition, Sugar Hill has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (24.82%).
The most common language spoken in Sugar Hill is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Korean.