Suwanee is a somewhat small city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 9,064 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Suwanee is the 111st largest community in Georgia.

Suwanee 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 Suwanee, where the median household income is $84,038.

Suwanee is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 86.69% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Suwanee is a city of managers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Suwanee who work in management occupations (19.80%), sales jobs (15.58%), and office and administrative support jobs (12.13%).

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

Because of many things, Suwanee is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Suwanee a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The city's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Suwanee has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Suwanee's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

In Suwanee, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.34 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Suwanee is a very car-oriented city. 96.5% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Suwanee is a small city, and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Suwanee has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

Suwanee is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Suwanee Information and Demographics

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Suwanee. 45.58% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 14.96%.

The per capita income in Suwanee in 2000 was $29,712, which is wealthy relative to Georgia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $118,848 for a family of four. However, Suwanee contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Suwanee is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Suwanee home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Suwanee is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Suwanee include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Scotch-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Suwanee is English. Other important languages spoken here include Korean and Spanish.