Snellville is a somewhat small city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 14,956 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Snellville is the 60th largest community in Georgia.

Unlike some cities, Snellville isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Snellville are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Snellville is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Snellville who work in office and administrative support jobs (19.28%), sales jobs (14.13%), and management occupations (10.56%).

Also of interest is that Snellville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Because of many things, Snellville 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, Snellville really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Snellville perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, 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.

In Snellville, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.75 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

For most residents of Snellville, getting to work requires a car. In fact, 98.1% of people in Snellville drive alone to work on most days, making Snellville a very car-oriented city. In general, car-oriented communities tend to emphasize streets, highways, and ease of parking, often to the detriment of walkability. Strip centers are a feature of Snellville's landscape.

As is often the case in a small city, Snellville doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Snellville Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Snellville is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 14.96% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 29.09% of adults in Snellville have a college degree.

The per capita income in Snellville in 2000 was $25,992, which is wealthy relative to Georgia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $103,968 for a family of four. However, Snellville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Snellville home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Snellville is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Snellville include English, German, Irish, Italian, Scotch-Irish, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Snellville is English. Some people also speak Spanish.